http://sonjafoust.com/2009/07/01/how-to-get-over-writers-block/ Sonja Foust is an author of contemporary category-length romance novels with smart, funny heroines and the (rich) men who love them. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:00:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://sonjafoust.com/2009/07/01/how-to-get-over-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 Sonja Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:44:23 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1122#comment-1656 Interesting, Lisa! That actually has the opposite effect on me. If I read something really good in the genre I'm trying to work on, I go, "Well, they did it better than I ever could have anyway. I give up!" ;) (Yes, defeatest of me, I know.) Interesting, Lisa! That actually has the opposite effect on me. If I read something really good in the genre I’m trying to work on, I go, “Well, they did it better than I ever could have anyway. I give up!” (Yes, defeatest of me, I know.)

]]> http://sonjafoust.com/2009/07/01/how-to-get-over-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 Lisa Creech Bledsoe Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:35:32 +0000 http://sonjafoust.com/?p=1122#comment-1655 My favorite way to get in a writing groove is to READ some really awesome writing. Preferably something in the vein of what I'm working on. So if I need to do some narrative work I read great narrative authors. When I'm needing to finish a poem, I read great poetry. Usually works for me, but it does take up time... My favorite way to get in a writing groove is to READ some really awesome writing. Preferably something in the vein of what I’m working on. So if I need to do some narrative work I read great narrative authors. When I’m needing to finish a poem, I read great poetry. Usually works for me, but it does take up time…

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