Hey folks, I read a really good article (I know shocking concept that I should read).. On mindset you can read the article yourself at What is Mindset? I strongly suggest it even if you don't think I am too random and don't communicate this well.
Changing your mindset does not mean you have to change your core beliefs, just your perspective. For a writer this is usually accomplished by making subtle changes to your environment or to your work area. Not that you have to become a Witch to write about a Magic User, but lighting a few candles might help. If you are writing about an Italian family you don't have to become Catholic. Writing about an alcoholic doesn't mean you have to get drunk, but a bottle of beer or glass of wine won't hurt.
Some writers are like athletes and follow the same course of actions, an athlete might wear the same socks, wrist bands, the same brands, the same food before a game. A writer will use the same pen, the same style notepad or set the scene the same way at their desk, a mascot, cigarettes, a glass of wine or a bottle of pellegrino.
This is done to set the mood or help you take on a specific mindset.
I like having flowers on my desk, even silk ones help. I light a candle, get a package of Fig-Newtons. I drink tea, hot chocolate spiked with schnapps, coffee... If I am working my way through a hard scene I'll drink apple wine and I always have a bottle of water on my desk, it sucks being in the middle of a scene to have to get up for something that mundane. I used to smoke while I was writing but that ended when I was diagnosed with asthma, now I stick to my Personal Vaporizer (e-cigarette), it doesn't have the same aesthetic but it works.
Now if you can recognize the mind set that you are usually in, you can use slight variations in that to work through writers block (Which I plan to discuss next week).
But This post is getting a little long, I'll finish my thought later.
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