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If you've ever been afflicted with writer's block, you'll know it's no laughing matter — it can impede your writing for days, weeks, or even months. And while it's tempting to just ignore the problem and hope that it goes away, writer's block is one of those pests that requires active extermination. However, writer's block can be relieved without the use of any chemicals (legal or otherwise) — you don't even need to leave your house! All you need is a pencil, an eraser, and a piece of paper. The kniffelblock (German for “jumping block”) exercise is a simple way to bypass the mental obstacles that keep you from writing and put your mind back in the creative mode. The kniffelblock exercise uses six pieces of paper or index cards to create a jumping puzzle that looks like this: The pieces are numbered so that they can be easily identified when they're mixed up. The kniffelblock exercise is easy to set up, but creating the puzzle can require some creative thinking. First, you need to draw six different illustrations on six pieces of paper or index cards. The pictures must be completely unique from each other. For example, if one picture is of a beach, none of the others can be of a beach; if one has a moon in it, no others can have moons; etcetera. Once you've drawn the pictures (on the white sides), shuffle them up and place them facedown on your desk or tabletop (or on top of some books). Turn over the topmost piece and position it at the bottom-right corner of your puzzle. Then turn over the next piece and position it below the first, on the left side. Turn over all six pieces and arrange them as shown above. The idea is to create a puzzle that your mind (the solver) can't unravel — it's like a Rubik's Cube for your imagination. Now, all you have to do is write down any thoughts about the story you are working on. Put them all in proper order, but make sure that there's no way the writer's name could be mixed up with anything in that story. When your mind is finished with this exercise, repeat it for at least five different stories. It should take less than 20 minutes per story. If you're able to solve them all in less than 20 minutes, then congratulations! You've just created an amazing method for overcoming writer's block! First published in print by Pocket Books in 1998. cfa1e77820
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