To all the authors out there...what, if any, things you try to get over a writer's block..
The story is inside me.. I want to write but the second I click on the Word Icon.. nothing really comes to mind.

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“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us.”
― Helen Keller

The flashing cursor at the top of a blank page can be intimidating; as Clum has suggested scribbling ideas on bits of paper can help to start you off. Alternatively, just borrow a line from somewhere - out of a newspaper, a magazine, wherever.

Remember that you don't have to start a story at the beginning - just write whichever bit you have in mind. Trying to come-up with the perfect opening line for a story is a waste of precious writing time. Better to get on with writing the story and then add a good opener when you know what the story is about. Or come-up with a good title - maybe a pun or recycle a well-known title. For example, 'Toy Story' is an obvious one for a girl and her vibrator.

Writing is like any other exercise, it's difficult to start with but the more you do it, the easier it gets.

These days, I often start writing and see where the story takes me. I don't worry about grammar, spelling or punctuation, I just write. Obviously I go back and edit, but that's later in the process. The point is, it doesn't look like the finished article first time round. It's sometimes a mess of half-finished ideas which I highlight by putting a block of [][][][][]

Sometimes it's like the words are already there, lined-up just waiting for me to capture them and glue them to the paper. Writing can (and should) be fun - as an example, my story 'Witch Way to the Apocalypse' was an absolute blast to write. I decided that I wanted to write a witch vs devil story, created a file called 'EndOfDays.doc' and started writing. I'd been thinking about the basics of the story in the shower. I hadn't written anything down, but it was lurking; 'things' were starting to take shape. The first decision I made was what to call the devil... I liked 'Stan' as a play on 'Satan'. The name was an important ancor for the character in my head - and it was cemented by the first line:

“Hello ‘Stan’, or should I say Spawn-of-Satan, Master-of-Lies, Lord-of-Darkness, Devil-Incarnate, Author-of-all-Sin, Tempter, Wicked-One, Enemy-of-Righteousness…”
“Just ‘Stan’ is fine,” the Dark One interrupted.

The next line I had was "Maggie gets awful cross when she catches me spitting on the carpet." so I started writing towards that.

The only thing I cut-out was a rather obtuse chemistry joke - "The buggers have probably changed the recipe,” Granny replied quickly, throwing Alice a look sharp enough to split a water molecule back into an ‘H’ and two ‘O’s.

If someone didn't get that it's a joke, it just looks like a mistake. Again, the point is that when you write, you should write to entertain yourself first. Whatever you write, some people will love it, some will hate it. Just try and make sure you're always in the first group.

My parting advice - just write. If you want me to have a look at it before you go for publication, just send it through.

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Try the paper and pen/pencil approach. Just jot down the idea even if it's in an outline form.

Another thought... is record your idea with your voice. There are several free programs where you can record your voice so instead of trying to type... just speak your idea (you can also use a tape recorder or other devices) and later, listen and type.

I think it's more of a psyching yourself out... too much stress at a blank word document. Also, do you like quite or are you a noisy background person. I personally do my best writing when there is music or the TV making noise in the background. Some need absolute quite.

Okay... I wish you lots of luck & I hope one day I'll be reading your story.

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NymphWriter

I keep a daily journal of morning pages - basically I scribble all of the nonsense that pops into my mind into it 9 times out 10 when all the clutter is out of the way I'll get snippets of the story boiling in my head. That's when I open Word and start typing. Hope this helps - I know how daunting the white page can be... Good luck!

I usually try to diagram the story out. Set up a timeline, plan how certain scenes will go, &c. I guess it's almost like a story board. Then, I just write. Doesn't matter if it's garbage, I just write, and if it's bad, I edit it later, but I at least get something onto the page to work with.

Btw...if you think you have trouble with writer's block...

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if you really can't come up with anything just stop and try again later.Something else that helps me is just write what comes to your mind.the beauty of writing on pc is you can always fill the blanks later