Writing frames is an
intriguing way to
overcome your writer's block.

There are a couple different ways to consider writing frames. In relation to varying creative writing styles, you should be aware of a couple ways that you can think outside the box. Furthermore, you will come to be able to write outside the box as well.

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The first way to consider writing frames is to think of literal picture frames. What pictures do you have around your house? On your desk at work? Packed away from the last time you moved? Ponder the events taking place in each of the pictures. Sometimes someone may look happier or sadder than the other people in the picture. Maybe they were not having such a great day, and they were forced to do their best to smile to make the picture worthwhile. Or, maybe you can see the picture in the frame as an abstract representation of another event or gathering of people. Just because you see yourself and your spouse, you and your parents, or any other group of people in the snapshot does not mean you have to write about that specific instance that happened that very day the picture was taken.

A picture of a husband and wife from a wedding can be construed in different ways. Instead of writing about that specific day and the nuptials, focus on another piece of the picture that doesn't get as much recognition. For example, if the picture of the bride and groom at the altar has flowers or some other "accessory" in it, write about the purpose that "accessory" served, or write about a memory of your own wedding, or some other wedding you have been to.

Pictures can stir up not only memories, but thoughts of how things might have gone a different way, and how you wish the day, the gathering, or the moment had gone otherwise. No matter what type of picture you look at, whether it is from a wedding, a baseball game, or a stop at a port when you took that cruise all those years ago, remember the conflicts of the day and say how they might have been avoided. Remember the emotions you felt when you were there and consider how you might have chosen to feel differently, or what would have happened if you had let your emotions get the best of you, and started bawling your eyes out or laughing uncontrollably.

You can also consider writing frames in terms of defined limits put around certain spaces, or even in terms of time constraints you put on your time to write, or character constraints that you put on your characters. Maybe you only want the characters in your writing to have sarcastic edges to them, or you want them to be happy-go-lucky, carefree adolescents. These are types of constraints that do not necessarily inhibit your creative writing style. Pushing yourself to new and different extremes in your writing might be just the ticket to letting your mind take off and consider wondrous writing possibilities.

Sometimes limiting yourself, and putting yourself in a certain writing frame, can encourage profound thought. Of course, the opposite also holds true. Opening yourself up to all the possibilities and creative notions that exist in the world can make you feel that the writing is literally at your fingertips, ready to pour out of you from your pen or pencil onto paper, or from your keyboard onto your computer screen.

No matter how you choose to write, let the joy of creative writing overtake you. Begin writing frames that capture the true snapshot of what you want to say. In this way, despite any limitations you put on yourself, your writing will begin to truly thrive.

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