Editing Writer's block (section)

===Other techniques===
Other ways to cope come from ideas such as The Brand Emotions Scale for Writers (BESW).<ref name=Brand/> Using the framework of the [[Differential Emotions Scale]], the BESW works with grouping emotions into either states or traits and then classifying them as positive, negative passive, or negative active. Researchers can assess subjects, giving writers a chance to get more work done if left in the right emotional state, since data suggests that writers with positive emotions tended to express more than writers with negative passive or negative active.<ref name=Brand>{{Cite journal |last1=Brand |first1=Alice G. |last2=Powell |first2=Jack L. |date=1986-05-01 |title=Emotions and the Writing Process: A Description of Apprentice Writers |journal=The Journal of Educational Research |volume=79 |issue=5 |pages=280–285 |doi=10.1080/00220671.1986.10885692 |issn=0022-0671}}</ref> Scholars and researchers such as Mandy Bamber suggest practicing meditation to reduce negative moods like stress and anxiety. Bamber's team conducted a study on 40 university students who showed signs of anxiety. After practicing mindfulness and mediation exercises, 33 out of the 40 showed significant decreases in stress and anxiety levels.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Bamber |first1=Mandy D. |last2=Kraenzle Schneider |first2=Joanne |date=2016-05-01 |title=Mindfulness-based meditation to decrease stress and anxiety in college students: A narrative synthesis of the research |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1747938X15000676 |journal=Educational Research Review |volume=18 |pages=1–32 |doi=10.1016/j.edurev.2015.12.004 |issn=1747-938X|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Anne Johnstone suggests a couple of strategies to help with writer's block. When one finds oneself unable to generate content, Johnstone suggests "recopying a well-liked piece" of one's own to help generate ideas.<ref name=Johnstone/> Johnstone states that individuals who are articulate orally but struggle with writing and forming their ideas into sentences on paper should try tape-recording themselves and later transcribing it onto paper.<ref name=Johnstone>{{cite journal |last=Johnstone |first=Anne |date=Fall 1983 |title=The writer's hell: Approaches to writer's block |journal=Journal of Teaching Writing |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=155–165 |url=https://jtw.iupui.edu/index.php/teachingwriting/article/view/677}}</ref>