How To Break Out Of A Creative Slump In Twenty-Four Hours

6 Fun techniques, and the one thing you should never do

Barry Davret

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Every writer cycles in and out of a creative slump. If you’ve been in one, you know the symptoms. Your ideas feel stale and repetitive. You might even feel bored or uninterested in your work.

You can write a successful story and remain mired in the depths of a recession. It has nothing to do with external success.

A creative slump is nothing more than a recession. Your mind temporarily pulls back to regroup from the excesses of creative prosperity.

If it’s your first time, you might feel like it will last forever. Heck, if it’s your tenth time you might feel that way. Go through enough of them, and you’ll understand it’s part of the process.

In this story, I’ll share six techniques to compress the doldrum phase of your writing cycle. A slump can last for days or even weeks. It will eventually work itself out.

You can speed up the process and snap out of your downturn in as little as twenty-four hours.

1. Learn about a new subject

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Barry Davret

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