How to PUSH yourself out of Writer's Block

[@juliae.8237]

Your kitten is very sweet. Good points. Thanks for the advice.

[@odysseas__]

Much appreciated, and I'll let him know

[@thedarkempress317]

This video was particularly inspiring and quite timely for me. I have found myself in a long dry spell of my creative writing, and your last tip about being a writer without the self-critic initially for a first draft and then being the critic instead of the writer for revising really helped me. I plan on starting my first draft of my first novel based off of extensive notes I have made over the past year, and you inspired this, so thank you.

[@KarlRalph333]

09:38 I was thinking about this the other day. You can't be in two states of mind at once. You can only either be the critic or do creator at a time, and when you're self-critical whilst creating, you're having to constantly switch from those two states of mind, breaking any flow you have, burning yourself out much quicker, and all the other negatives that come from having a creative state of mind broken.

[@Deniz-1883]

You and I are very different types of writers, even language we write are different but that's really good for me! Listening a different viewing-point than myself is really makes me think about the things I wrote. So thank you, I hope both of us will be more successful one day! Greetings from Turkey! (edit: maybe it's obvious but a piece of advise, when you feel paralyzed by your thoughts or writing , talk to some strangers and ask for their thoughts. It's really inspiring for me. I recommend.)

[@RadioSpec93]

Dude, your editing is sick. You need to drop some tips for us small time KZbinrs. Keep it up bro!

[@Raiyuuni]

1:42 That feeling of emptiness is hard to deal with. There's a meme that describes it well: "brain fog. It feels like you've never had a thought in your life." When it happens, I take a step back and let my mind settle - it's okay if a random thought pops in, but I choose to let it pass. Breaking out of that vicious cycle is half the battle. 6:27 This idea reminds me of artists that draw warmup sketches before getting started on the main work. It gives their "trained eyes" something easier to analyze while muscle memory kicks in. There's no harm if the first draft doesn't turn out well: repetition is the basis of iteration. 11:51 I enjoy writing silly fiction stories. It lets me use three mindsets: the writer, the critic, and the character. It's like acting in my mind's eye. The character stumbles on problems and solutions long before the critic can analyze all the possibilities, and he conveys a scene's nuance faster than the writer can pen it. A good book is an exercise of imagination, so it doesn't hurt to use it in writing, too!

[@alirameenMD]

This is a fantastic video. We share the same mindset and approach to life and writing, every section; I’m glad I stumbled across your channel and thank you for sharing these ideas with others!

[@KaBastian]

This was phenomenal! Thank you✨

[@odysseas__]

Thank you, I really appreciate it

[@barff95]

this came at such a good time. thank you for making videos like this, it helps push us out of our paralysis and into action mode to get things going. I thoroughly enjoyed your obsidian video and this felt like a follow through to plan out information, capture ideas and keep that momentum to write/develop our writing process.

[@odysseas__]

Grateful for your words, thank you. It even helps me remind myself too, and I hope it's the same for others.

[@susannahdijkstra3260]

Great advice! More Beans please.

[@odysseas__]

Of course, I'll even promote him to my personal assistant

[@rohanbidi]

Sounds very straightforward (and it probably is) but the point about not donning the writer's and the critic's hats simultaneously hit me like a truck. One of those "why didn't I think of this earlier" facepalm moments, like have I been deep in slumber of stupidity this whole time. Now I better get back to my writing while I'm still awake :)

[@rateater1857]

very helpful video!

[@lachielee77]

Also, read fiction! A random sentence can trigger an idea. Non-fiction delivers on what's advertised, which is fine for learning, but fiction will surprise you.

[@katherinec3463]

I get so much out of your videos! Also love your new helper ha ha.

[@odysseas__]

Thanks, and he's a great assistant indeed

[@Sparavala]

We need more Beans 🐈

[@odysseas__]

Best thing that ever happened to this channel

[@Dose_ofMotivationYT]

Yo, does anyone know why there's Russian text in the bottom right corner at 9:08. I mean is the author Russian or does he understand it, if so, that's fascinating to know.

[@odysseas__]

It's a clip from youtube-I didn't record it myself

[@ConquerallYT]

Those are great points, but I think you are missing the most important point for writing effectively, or doing any activity that needs focus ; to delete overstimulation from your life. Doomscrolling, videogames and things like that will destroy your attention span and until you stop that, your focus will suffer in every other activities.

[@odysseas__]

Good point, that's a killer.