Overcoming Writer’s Block.doc

Overcoming Writers Block一周就能搞定考试词汇！点击进入：能飞背单词是新一代在线背单词软件，免费！无需下载安装，打开即用！基于艾宾浩斯记忆原理，有游戏，有社区，有单词图片、真人发音、多种例句、爆笑谐音、词根词缀等。Because writers have a various ways of writing, a variety of reasons can cause writers block. When you are blocked, consider these causes and try the strategies that sound most promising. IFYou have attempted to begin a paper without doing any preliminary work such as brainstorming or outlining.THENwork with a tutoruse invention strategies suggested by a tutor or teacherrefer to the Writing Lab handout When You Start to WriteIFYou have chosen or been assigned a topic which bores you.THENchoose a subject you are interested in (if the teacher will allow it)talk to a tutor about how you can personalize a topic to make it more interestingIFYou dont want to spend time writing or dont understand the assignment.THENresign yourself to the fact that you have to write the paperfind out what is expected of you (consult a teacher, textbook, student, or tutor)try some of the strategies listed aboveIFYou are anxious about writing the paper.THENrefer to the OWL Handout Coping with Writing Anxietysee a Writing Lab tutorIFYoure self-conscious about the writing situation, you may have trouble getting started. So, if youre preoccupied with the idea that you have to write about a subject and feel you probably wont express your most original thoughts regarding the subject.THENtalk over the subject with a friend or tutoruse one of the specific strategies listed belowIFYou cant stand to write down an idea until it is perfectly worded or if you dont want to leave a poorly worded section on the page after youve written it.THENease up on your self-criticismforce yourself to write down something, however poorly worded that approximates your thought (you can revise this later) and go on with the next ideause some of the specific strategies belowbreak the task up into steps. Meet the general purpose of the assignment.IFYou are worrying about what your teacher or other reader will think of your paper or how harshly he or she will evaluate it.THENthink of the present draft as a practice run. Write the draft quickly, and revise it later.use some of the specific strategies belowSpecific StrategiesThese specific strategies in overcoming writers block will prove more helpful when youre drafting the paper. If youre having trouble coming up with a thesis or generating details, see a Writing Lab tutor or the handout When You Start to Write.Begin in the MiddleStart writing at whatever point you like. If you want to begin in the middle, fine. Leave the introduction or first section until later. The reader will never know that you wrote the paper backwards. Besides, some writers routinely save the introduction until later when they have a clearer idea of what the main idea and purpose will be.Talk the PaperTalk the paper to someone-your teacher, a friend, a roommate, a tutor in the Writing Lab. Just pick someone whos willing to give you fifteen to thirty minutes to talk about the topic and whose main aim is to help you start writing. Have the person take notes while you talk or tape your conversation. Talking will be helpful because youll probably be more natural and spontaneous in speech than in writing. Your listener can ask questions and guide you as you speak, and youll feel more as though youre telling someone about something than completing an assignment.Tape the PaperTalk into a tape recorder, imagining your audience sitting in chairs or standing in a group. Then, transcribe the tape-recorded material. Youll at least have some ideas down on paper to work with and move around.Change the AudiencePretend that youre writing to a child, to a close friend, to a parent, to a person who sharply disagrees with you, to someone whos new to the subject and needs to have you explain your papers topic slowly and clearly. Changing the audience can clarify your purpose. (Who am I writing to when I explain how to change the oil in a car? That guy down the hall whos always asking everyone for help.) Changing the audience can also make you feel more comfortable and help you write more easily.Play a RolePretend you are someone else writing the paper. For instance, assume you are the president of a strong feminist movement such as NOW and are asked to write about sexist advertising. Or, pretend you are the president of a major oil company asked to defend the high price of oil. Consider being someone in another time period, perhaps Abraham Lincoln, or someone with a different perspective from your own on things-someone living in Hiroshima at the time t