So pick up your previous ideas, even if it is from the beginning of the writing process, from the trash and try to turn them into gold. It can always lead you to something else that is useful. Try to follow every trail you have, even if you end up not using it. I started with those quotes and tried to reason them myself and wrote my last paragraph. While reading an article irrelevant to my overall topic, I found a few descriptions of the characters of the book I was writing about. Then, I did research to strengthen those ideas. I opened the outline I had prepared and clarified previous ideas I’d had, trying to form arguments out of them. When I came back to my EE, I had a few ideas but thought none of them were good enough. If you broke out of your dissatisfaction phase and decided to force yourself, this is for you. The best strategy is to set deadline reminders everywhere so you’ll remember that task and be forced to break the procrastination cycle. You need to be your own authority here and be disciplined in your work ethic. Sit down for two minutes and work on your assignment, because two minutes’ worth of writing is better than none.
This moment is where you need to put pressure on yourself to get up and write. When I was writing my Biology IA, I forgot about it until I was reminded that it had a deadline. Or, because you are used to pretending that assignment doesn’t exist, it’s difficult to bring yourself back to it. Leaving the assignment alone for too long might make you feel like you are never going to write it and new ideas will never come to you. I hope you find something that suits you better instead! Tip 2: Break the procrastination cycle If they don’t work out, do not worry - everyone has different needs. Writer’s block is a nightmare of mine because the IB requires a lot of writing, but I got through it with these tips, and I hope they work for you too. Sometimes it just doesn’t work and leaving it is more beneficial than being stuck to it. Put your energy into something else! This will help you look at that assignment with fresh eyes when you come back to it. Leaving it alone will allow you to get away from those unworkable ideas. Being around the same writing ideas is not going to make you find new perspectives. Forcing the creative process along will only worsen your writer’s block. If you are not in a hurry to meet the deadline, you should leave the assignment for at least a couple of days. The best thing I can suggest is to leave it for another time. Then, I tried researching and thought I found something new, but that didn’t work out either. At first, I reread what I wrote, hoping to gain inspiration, but that didn’t light any bulbs in my mind. I wrote half of my EE in a very short time, but got stuck on the last body paragraph. The following tips helped me get through my Biology IA and my EE - hopefully they work for you too! Tip 1: Leave It. We can’t be productive all the time that’s why there will be moments where your writing is not as good as it normally is. Writer’s block is a creative slowdown. It involves you staring at your computer screen or paper for endless time and being seemingly unable to write one good thing that satisfies you, and it’s frustrating. Between IAs, the EE, TOK essays, and writings for classes in general, experiencing writer’s block at some point is inevitable. There have been a lot of times I’ve left my desk dissatisfied about what I wrote in my IA or felt down because I couldn’t find a new aspect to write about in my EE.
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