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Question: Help, I have writer's block!!!!!!?
I'm writing a novel (it's 14,930 words) and I have writer's block!. I'm in the beginning-middle of it!. The story is about a boy whose girlfriend commits suicide!. He just found out and watched a news story about the suicide and then we went into a flashback about how he and the girl met!? Now what!? I have a secret about why the girl did, but I want to unveil it at the end of the story!.
Thanks for your help!

PS: the kids are in 8th grade and the girl who commits suicide has a twin brother that doesn't get along with the boyfriend!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Did you want to make the story about their relationship and his heartbreak!?

1!. If yes, then i would include a lot of those special moments they had together before she killed herself!. This could take up a lot of the book and replay conversations they had or trips they went on, this will make the book more heartbreaking!. You could also have the guy looking back on these events and him considering them over again, worrying about little things she could of said!.

2!. also, you could have the relationship between the twin brother and the boy growing and them working together to overcome their problems!. they could become friends and then you could make the story between them two on the basis of the girls death - they could get into trouble with drinking/ drugs or something like that!.

3!. Either that, or maybe leave the story there and do a kind of 5/10 years later kind of thing where the boy meets a new girl and faces maybe similar problems, he could also maybe find the girl's twin after all this time and they could discuss how they have coped and become friends then!.

There you go, theres a few ideas there you might like to try, hope it helps - from jess xWww@QuestionHome@Com

Journal, plain and simple, every day, about your day, your mood, a random thought that crosses your mind, whatever, it doesn't have to have any meaning to it just make sure your writing
even when it has no relation to your story it keeps the creative and writng juices flowing, i find whenever i'm keeping a journal i am able to sit down and write a specific story much easier
hope that helps!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Suppose while he is divulging this to the reader he turns out to be also divulging this to a psychologist!. He's in an unfit state of mind and longs to join her (a!.k!.a!. killing himself, too)!. He felt he could have stopped her!. That is was his fault she is dead!. And so does someone else!. And that someone else who thinks it's his fault is after him, stalking him!.

Just throwing things out there!. Good luck!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You need to elaborate more!. The reader isn't going to picture anything in their minds if this is all you tell them!. You also have to use a big vocabular!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I think that his main goal should be to be on good terms with the twin!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

try to do some writing exercises to get yourself into the writing mood!.
try some free flow writing and just writing a story about something you can see from your desk!. virginia woolf wrote her story "mark on the wall" about a mark she saw from her chair!. and was able to bring in items from society and her daily life!.
if you can only think of questions maybe write about someone who has writers block and has to overcome it!. it would be easy becuase you would be writing about yourself!.
start yourself with some short stories, that way you do not have to create a whole novel!.
write about something happening in your own life, that way you will be able to gather many facts and events becuase it is real to you!.
the only way to get over this block is to just sit and write!. even if you stare at the page you need to make time everyday to sit down and write!.
or maybe pick some good quotes and try to make a story about them!.
or pick a random picture from a book or online and create a story for how that picture came to take place!.
good luck!!
just remember that you used to be able to do it, so its there buried somewhere!. dont stress it will work out when it is meant to!Www@QuestionHome@Com

How do you know it will be 14,930 words if you haven't finished it yet!?

Anyway, if you have writer's block, I can't recommend herbal teas, hot showers or a walk around the block!. They don't work, really!.

What does work is writing!. Get your thoughts out onto paper, no matter how vague or silly you find them; it will get your creative juices flowing and help you get past this writer's block!. Have you ever heard of S!.E!. Hinton!? She suffered from writer's block for quite some time, but her husband had her write at least 2 pages a day to get over it!. And it actually worked; she got over her writer's block and published another novel!.

Hey, you're on the computer now!. Why not get started!?

Happy writing!Www@QuestionHome@Com