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Writer\u2019s block is the writer\u2019s most utilized tool of procrastination. Some scream from the rooftops, others just comfort themselves in the solitude of their morning coffee ritual. Writer\u2019s block is real and a tag we stick to many things that aren\u2019t it.<\/strong><\/p>\n Before explaining how to use Kanban project management and the other modules on the platform to manage writer\u2019s block, let\u2019s first define what IS NOT writer\u2019s block.<\/p>\n Most definitions revolve around \u201cit\u2019s a condition, an inability, when writers find themselves unable to write, formulate new ideas, produce new work, and experience creative slowdown\u201d. These approaches are useless. They start from the premise that anyone is capable of being a writer because creativity is a human trait.<\/p>\n The \u201cwriter\u201d we\u2019re talking about here is not somebody putting words on paper. A writer in our understanding is a person that puts words on paper in the right order having as outcome publishing and a form of social recognition: money, fame, personal branding, or a certain message to share with the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n To wrap what is not writer\u2019s block, let\u2019s point out that pantsers (someone who writes without an outline) and plotters (someone who plans in details every aspect of their book) have traits that are also not identifiable as writer\u2019s block.<\/p>\n When your pantser persona stops writing after a number of pages, it\u2019s not writer\u2019s block. That is a lack of planning. When your plotter persona spends months on planning and research before writing the first scene, it\u2019s not writer\u2019s block. It\u2019s overthinking and maybe some blank page blues.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text quote_border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#34495e\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.7.7″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb module_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb20px||20px||true|false\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n A good tool improves the way you work. A great tool improves the way you think.<\/em><\/p>\n Jeff Duntemann<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.7.7″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n You might be familiar with Kanban Boards. They are ubiquitous now. Kanban project management is little more than that. Kanban is the Card that a person in a lean manufacturing system raises to stop the line because of a bottleneck. Until the blockage is fixed, the production process is not complete.<\/p>\n We interviewed professional writers and one of the questions was \u201cHow do you deal with writer\u2019s block?\u201d A small percentage was of the opinion that writer\u2019s block doesn\u2019t exist. We asked more about the non-existent writer’s block. It turned out that they were referring to the common understanding of the term. For them and the others that acknowledged its existence, the writer\u2019s block is a TECHINCAL ISSUE.<\/p>\n Yes. A technical issue. An impediment in the writing process that appears at scene level.<\/p>\n How they deal with it? Since they planned the structure of their book down to scene level, it\u2019s easy. They put that scene aside with a short description of what should happen there and move to another scene.<\/p>\n The way we applied Kanban project management principles to Asengana functionalities helps you not only to improve the way you manage but also improves the way you think and approach a resolve to overcome writer\u2019s block.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.7.7″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n Use the Asengana Kanban Board to place all the scenes for you which you identified an issue, a block, in the WIP column. There a limit of 5 scenes for this column. It\u2019s our recommendation to stop everything and work only on those scenes. If you identify more than five writer\u2019s block type scenes, there might be more issue with your story architecture.<\/p>\n On the Manuscript page, if you activate the Kanban Card button, the only scenes displayed are those from the WIP column. This way you can focus only on those scenes with no other distractions.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/asengana-17fd0.kxcdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/New-editor-Froala-06122020.png\u00a0\u00bb alt=\u00a0\u00bbFroala\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbNew editor Froala 06122020″ _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.7.7″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb60%\u00a0\u00bb module_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.7.7″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n Each of us has a personal way of getting our thoughts back on track. You can start by working with what you have in the Asengana writing platform associated to a scene:<\/p>\n Any sentence describing how your character reacts based on his personality traits to another character or the way any of them reacts to the settings based on their sensory inputs can trigger more sentences and move you past the writer\u2019s block.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/asengana-17fd0.kxcdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Asengana-Writing-and-Project-Management-Platform-Character-Location.png\u00a0\u00bb alt=\u00a0\u00bbFroala\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbAsengana-Writing-and-Project-Management-Platform-Character-Location\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.7.7″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb width=\u00a0\u00bb60%\u00a0\u00bb module_alignment=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.7.7″ _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n Nobody and nothing can write your story for you, but writing tools are here to make your work easier and to save time. 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Writing a book is a project. A project methodology is recommended. Enters Kanban. <\/strong><\/h4>\n
Writer\u2019s block management \u2013 improving the way you work<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Writer\u2019s block solutions \u2013 improving the way you think<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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