A Birthday Cake With No Frosting

A published book without waiting for what seems like an eternity, and your work displayed on shelves in bookstores worldwide? Yes Please!

As amateur writers, there is nothing more one could ask for than to hit your ‘big break’, it’s a long hard road to success and trying to reach the end of this road takes up most of our time and effort. What we don’t realise is that sometimes this can put a downer on your creativity, and a writer that lacks a creative spark is like a birthday cake with no frosting, in other words, it isn’t a good look.

Recently, I have come to realise that writer’s block is usually the by-product of constantly writing for a particular project that you may be working on, without taking a breather. In such cases, I like to revert to a method I call ‘The Aimless Writer’ method. When I say aimless, I literally mean write without any aim or focus in mind.

Every so often, it’s refreshing to just take a day or a few hours out to write or poeticise about anything you want, the only aim should be to go as off topic as you possibly can. Being inspired by the objects around you will heighten your literary senses and you’ll actually be surprised about how much you could write about things you surpass every day. Remember to be silly, be spontaneous and try not to think about anything other than filling the distance between your pen and paper.

Comments are always open! :) 

Rimsha