Writer’s block explained

In the course of my short career, I have written more than a few stories I did not finish. They were good ones as well, promising. This I guess is termed writer’s block. Lately, I analyzed it. As they say, rule of thumb: start too well and you usually can’t continue.

Lots of times, I made the saves, not because it was possible, but because I had to. The book was already half done, the story begging to be delivered. And the times I DNF-ed were when I had laid out a scene and characters without a clear story. Just play it out. It played me into a corner.

Writers block happens when you don’t begin writing with story in your heart, which is both concept and plot. When I experienced WB towards the end half of my novel, I realized I was writing extra, just loose scenes and character quirks / studies. I had no second half story to tell. I looked at my outline and much of it meandered after chapter 5. ‘God saves the world’. This was just so amateur. I fixed it, interspersing better ideas than before. ‘Can God save the world?’ And now have a draft I can be proud of.