{"id":238,"date":"2015-11-18T14:25:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T14:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/unccwrc\/?p=238"},"modified":"2017-03-06T21:45:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T21:45:23","slug":"battling-writers-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/unccwrc\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/battling-writers-block\/","title":{"rendered":"Battling Writer’s Block"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s 11:30 p.m. and you\u2019ve procrastinated as long as you can. Staring aimlessly into the blank white screen, you know you\u2019re facing a wall that\u2019s impossible to climb. No thoughts magically pop up,\u00a0you\u00a0have zero\u00a0direction on how\u00a0to approach\u00a0the material, nor the slightest clue what to write about\u00a0or how to even start. Welcome to Writer\u2019s Block. You’re not alone, it\u2019s actually a\u00a0more\u00a0universal battle than you think. Yet, surprisingly enough, it\u2019s a\u00a0much more winnable battle than you’ve been lead to believe.<\/p>\n

Everyone comes to a point with writing where what to say next, or what to say at all, is elusive. I\u2019m sure there have been countless instances where you knew what you wanted to say, you just didn\u2019t know <\/span>HOW<\/b> to say it. I mean, the ideas are right up there, why can\u2019t I get them onto the page? If only writing your thoughts down in a clear, concise, and academically acceptable\u00a0manner were as easy of a task as it should be. <\/span><\/p>\n

It happens to everyone, even the best of writers. To be perfectly honest, it took me about 30 minutes to figure out how I could finish the previous paragraph and transition into this section. I feel your pain. No one is immune to writer\u2019s block, so hold solace in the fact you aren\u2019t alone in this tireless endeavor. That being said, it <\/span>IS<\/b> a winnable battle. As tutors, we love to see breakthroughs during our consultations when a client knows exactly how to tackle their paper ,and where to go from there. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the Writing Resources Center we apply a variety of techniques that aren\u2019t overly complex to our tutoring sessions that have helped\u00a0students along the way. If you\u2019re ever stuck wondering how to start, a great tool you can\u00a0use is simply brainstorming the main points you want to say and writing them down. As tutors, we love to ask thought provoking questions about main themes, goal of the paper, and how you can transition from one idea to another. Each of these, along with\u00a0the\u00a0countless other questions we can ask, really make each client think about what their intended message is. We may ask:<\/span><\/p>\n