I got this from a copywriting maven… Sorry, I don’t remember who. Maybe it was Dan Kennedy. Or the late Gary Halbert. It might have been Gary Bencivenga. Sorry, I don’t remember. I heard it in an interview, and I’ve actually tried it, and it actually works for some types of writer’s block.

This is a simple one-step procedure you can use to barrel through those times when you just can’t get started. You know your characters and their story. You know what comes next. Everything is all set. But you’re not in flow, and the words just won’t come out.

What to do? Very simple: Just sit down to your word processor (or your pad and pencil), and start typing the following:

“Blah blah. Blah blah blah. Blah blah, blah blah blah blah. Blah blah-blah blah! Blah…” and so forth.

Another alternative is “Foo bar baz qux quux blech blebop, and GUE xyzzy.”

Or maybe: “I’m a good boy. Maybe if I do this, some words will come to me. Let’s see, the guy. He has a woman with him. Mama mia! Fubar! Crap. She knocks on the door, and waits anxiously for the door to open. Numerous trouble thoughts raced through Mira’s mind…” And we’re off to the races!

Cool, huh?

The next time you just can’t get started, give it a try.

-TimK