{"id":964,"date":"2019-11-20T12:50:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T12:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecreativewritersworkshop.com\/blog-by-irene-graham\/?p=964"},"modified":"2019-11-21T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T11:19:42","slug":"writers-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecreativewritersworkshop.com\/blog\/writers-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer’s Block"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So what does it mean that you are not asking the right questions? What has that got to do with Writer\u2019s Block?  Let\u2019s step back a few paces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Basically you can write. You have written, perhaps a book, perhaps a few hundred pages. So just know you can do it, you have previously. So it\u2019s not that something suddenly descended upon you and now all writing thoughts have forever vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s probably more to do with how you are thinking about various aspects of your story, and the creation of same. You need to realise that you need to start thinking of your story in a different way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Work from the basis that things need to change in your story… and sometimes dramatically. <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Start with thinking about your main\ncharacter \u2013 are they doing something that is not ringing true and is blocking their\npath forward to make the story unfold? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few questions to help:<\/p>\n\n\n\n