Writers Block, Tips for writing through it Part 5

You’re desperate, nothing helps, everything you’ve tried doesn’t work.

Tip 5

Hit the plot complication button.

Stop trying to be original, stop trying to come up with a new story line. Use the oldest cliche you can think of. Can’t think of an over used cliche just watch ten minutes of TV. Reruns and Mystery Science Theater 3000 are good ones to watch for stale, tired plot complications.

Stop trying so hard and write.

Write using the old standards from daytime soap operas. The evil twin, he’s not really dead, the husband that deserted shows up at her wedding, are great places to start.

Remember the goal is to start writing. The most worn out cliche can be fixed in a rewrite.

Write on, draw on.    Professor Voltage