Wattpad Malaysia open-heartedly presents KellyAnneBlount, a Wattys winner, USA TODAY Bestselling author, a Wattpad Star, an Ambassador, a StarSpoilerTV Writer, the host of Wattpad Block Party, and she is best known for her Horror story 'Captured'. She is coming all the way from USA to share a few tips on how to overcome Writer's Block. Feel free to drop a couple of 'Hi' to her.

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OVERCOMING WRITER'S BLOCK

Kelly Anne Blount

Thank you so much to the team behind the team running the Wattpad Malaysia Ambassador page. A special thank you goes out to Alanna BA a.k.a. SweetAngelx for the invitation to share a post with you all for the Grand Opening Ceremony!

First and foremost, a little bit about me! J I'm KellyAnneBlount, Wattpad Star and Wattpad Ambassador. 

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I am a USA TODAY Bestselling Author and I am best known on @Wattpad for my dark thriller and horror novel, CAPTURED. 

CAPTURED Cover Created by @KellyAnneBlount

I'm also the host of the Wattpad Block Party, which I run twice a year (February/August) from my profile. Be sure to follow me and add my books to your library for updates! I'm currently posting my Thriller and Contemporary Romance novel, SNOWED IN. The book is being updated twice a week and it will be posted in full.

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    SNOWED IN Cover Created by @LucyFace    

Now, on to the post! Originally, I was going to share a sneak peek with you on one of my newest books; however, I decided to cover a topic I have been asked about many times, the dreaded topic of Writer's Block!

We've all been there, stuck with our fingers hovering over the keyboard and our minds going completely blank. Writer's Block can be debilitating and extremely difficult to overcome. Below, I've put together some of my best tips and tricks to deal with Writer's Block! I hope you find them as useful as I do! Please leave a comment next to your favorite trick or tip! Also, please sure your best advice on overcoming Writer's Block in a comment below as well. We're all in this together and the more help and wisdom we can share with our amazing Wattpad community, the better!

WRITER'S BLOCK

Uh oh... I'm stuck! I'm guessing that all writers have uttered this phrase once or twice or even dozens of times during their writing career. I know I have! So, what should one do when you get stuck on a particular scene, the ending of your book, or even worse, you experience a complete shutdown, popularly referred to as writer's block? 

I have several methods that help me get "unstuck." The first thing I like to do is step back and take a short break. This helps me clear my mind and I find it helps to get up and stretch my legs. If I'm really perplexed and unable to figure things out, I may go for a run with my dog or for a short walk around the block.

If getting up and taking a break doesn't help, I search through my library and look for a book in the same genre of the manuscript I'm working on. I may read a few chapters or half of the book, just depends on how I feel and if the words of another author inspire me to get back to work.

Another sure-fire way to get my creative juices flowing is to bounce ideas off friends who write or members of my beta team. I often find that talking through ideas with people I trust is extremely helpful. The simple act of expressing my thoughts out loud or in a text message to another person is usually all I need to break through the block.

One last activity that almost always helps me get over my writer's block is watching a movie or television program in the same genre that I'm writing. You see, I'm a very visual person, and as a visual person who is stuck and unable to think, seeing Jennifer Lawrence experience life in the capital or watching Josh Hutcherson desperately swim to get away from a monster-sized electric eel, helps me visualize scenes and characters in my own books.

Not being able to work on a manuscript due to writer's block is an unbelievably frustrating experience that most, if not all of us, have experienced while writing. Mounting pressure, such as deadlines or achieving personal goals often increases the stress during this troublesome time. When I encounter this issue, I use the activities discussed above to "snap out of it" and get back to my manuscript. Although what works for me may not work for others, I always find it helpful to hear how other writer's and authors deal with common problems in the literary world.

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Thank you so much for checking out my post! It's been a pleasure participating in the Grand Opening Ceremony for the Wattpad Malaysia Ambassador page!

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Happy reading and writing!

Hearts and Daggers,

Kelly Anne Blount

Thank you so much for sharing such amazing details about Writer's Block, Kelly. Terima kasih!

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