It doesn’t matter if you’re a student with an eleventh hour essay on the line, a blogger who needs to crank out a post or a business person preparing a keynote; no one is exempt from writer’s block. Fortunately, there are a few sure-fire ways to get the words flowing:

Walk: Science proves it: walking has a connection to brain function. A good 20-minute jaunt around the block can get your writerly juices flowing.

Read: Take a break, and read something else, anything else. It’s not an excuse to procrastinate; it’s an excuse to get inspired and come back to your own project fresh.

Write Something Else: Doesn’t matter what it is. Write a letter, write a dialogue between your rational and irrational selves or just skip ahead and write a different section of the project you’re working on.

Put Perfectionism to Bed: Let go of the editor in your head and just write. Get out what you’re trying to say as though you were talking it out to someone. Don’t worry about making it pretty. You can clean it up later.

Make a Change: Get out of your rut. Take your laptop to a library, a coffee house or outdoors. Or, really make a change and ditch the computer for a pad of paper for awhile.

Want more tips on overcoming writer’s block? Check out Mahalo’s guide to ending writer’s block once and for all.

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