Writing Woes

There are times in any writer's life when they get the writing woes. Whether they blame their problems on writer's block or a lack of interesting things to write about the fact of the matter is that what they are really experiencing is writing woes. Writing woes can come on any writer at any time, you may not be a freelancer making a living out of your writing but there will still be times when writing becomes a chore and ideas are thin on the ground. There are two things that I have found to be of use under these circumstances, the first is take a break and go out to the pub for a pint; the second is to engage in some freewriting. This is where you put pen to paper and don't take it off for at least ten minutes, even if the only thing you can write is I can't write. Free writing eventually releases the writing that is within you, especially when it is helped along by a glass of ale.