Many students and trainees will know the problem, and others will get to know it during their careers. You sit in front of your project work and it just doesn’t seem to make any progress. The page remains blank and you don’t know how to continue or even get started. Writer’s block has a firm grip on you. This article is intended to provide tips on how to get out of that spiral:
- Just start, even if it’s just thoughts running through the mind, the blank page is more frightening than a bad text.
- There are writing workshops that can support you and give you a regular routine.
- Texts can be written inside or outside the writing workshop.
- There is literature on writer’s block that helps to take the pressure off.
- Develop a plan and stick to it: Plan a working day, so to speak
- Take breaks too! Sometimes a shower is enough to bring back fresh ideas.
- Find the reason for the fear, if you dare, and then do something about it.
- Keep the addressees in mind
- Choose a topic that will remain interesting for more than 3 months.
If you really follow these tips, then writer’s block will no longer be a problem in the future and working will be easier overall.
We have put together a selection of literature that might help you:
- Kruse, Otto (2007): Keine Angst vor dem Bleren Blatt, 12th edition, campusCONCRET.
- Reinicke, Katja (2018): Fürchte dich nicht – schreibe!, utb
- Kornmeier, Martin (2018): Wissenschaftlich schreiben leicht gemacht, 7th edition, utb
- Wolfsberger, Judith (2016): Frei geschrieben, 4th edition, utb
If you are interested in tips for better time management, have a look at our TnT series, you will find a post about it in that section.
