Writer's Block and How To Prevent It

Writing is a great thing to do. If you have what they call writer's block, then that is a problem. To prevent is to try and keep a list/or track of what has happened. Keep the ideas flowing and and don't stop to turn around. The more ideas that are or could happen are important to have.

Example of no signs of writer's block:
The night was dim as candles flickered in the shadows of my bedroom.

In this sentence I mention the night and how it is dim. The candles flickering, meaning they are running out of wax. Lastly, the bedroom shadows. This sentence sets up for more, readers could be wondering many things. For instance, what are the shadows referring to? Who is saying this? ETC.

Example of signs of writer's block:
The man was a murderer, he kidnapped my neighbor.

This sentence, well, sure it may be interesting with the murderer theme. However it has revealed everything to wonder about. That would cause a lack of revealence meaning you will have nothing to write about.

Steps to keep a clean road of writing:

1. Have lots of ideas for your storyline.
2. Integrate them into the plot slowly.
3. Make the perfect sentence to perpetuate that idea.

Now I hope that writer's block is not in your writing future!

What Does Your Character Look Like?

Determining what your character looks like should come at the beginning. This way you readers will know immediately who you are referring to and what they are represented by.

There are many ways you can decide which look to go with for your character. Here are some options:

1. Draw the character and label the main features.
2. Make a graph like the graph below.

See if you can picture the example character listed, with all of the major features. I mean to offend no one by saying what these (examples) characters look like. They are not to offend. They are supposed help you picture you character.

(Examples)	Eyes	Hair	Nose	Mouth	Eyebrows	Forehead	Body	Clothes
Sarah	Brown	Brown	Stubby	Slim	Narrow	Wide	Tall	Casual
Piper	Green	Blonde	Pointy	Red	Shaped	Slim	5’7	Fancy
Matthew	Brown	Dark	Bulge	Thick	Wide	Huge	Typical	Raggy
Michael	Dark	Blonde	Thin	Big	Thick	Wide	Thin	Cool

3. You can ask someone else what he/she would think that your character would look like based upon the description of personality and name.

I hope you now have a good sense of what your character looks like!

Writing The Perfect Sentence In Three Simple Steps

You might be wondering how to write the perfect sentence, start by thinking of what your actually trying to write in the paragraph.

1. Know your topic.
2. Brainstorm words that describe your topic. It can include colors or adjectives.
3. Mix in articles to those words and make sure your result is what you want.

After you have the basics down use commas to add more detail and thought to explain what you are trying to say.

Examples:

Cinnamon Apple: The crisp apple's scent wavered towards my nose, creating my senses to grasp the temptation.

Cats: The furry beings sat on the fluffy pillow that lied on the purple couch with stripes.

River: The elegance of liquid gallantly streamed down the blue river near my neighborhood.

Hope you now have your perfect sentence.

Making Sure The Problem Is Actually Solved

To make sure that the problem is actually solved you need to make sure it does, if it doesn't get solved then you will have your storyline on the edge, the problem needs to be solved. You can make sure you solve the problem by planning out the climax and the storyline itself. Charts always help me to detail the important things, and this is an important step to the climax.

Here are the steps to making sure the problem is solved:

1. Make sure you know the plot.
2. Make sure you know what you characters are doing in the plot area.
3. Figure out what is going to come after the plot has passed.
4. Ask yourself how this problem could be solved.

Yes, I know that this requires thinking. Although that is what writing is and to have your problem not being solved would cause a unfortunate path of the character. Even if you were thinking of making the solution in the next book or something like that, it will make your readers not even want to continue.