We've all been here: It's a late night and you have a lengthy research paper due the next morning. You're so excited to be done with it so you can sleep again on a normal schedule; but there's a problem-- you can't seem to get into the rhythm.

The problem is not that you haven't done your homework on the topic, but that you can't seem to formulate words into sentences in a nice way. You come out sounding like a third-grader who may still write their Rs and Ks backwards (you know what I'm talking about).

This is called writer's block and we've all had it. In fact, I had it about 10 minutes ago, but I recalled my experiences in writing class to overcome this and I decided to write about it to help out my friends and readers (UA what's up?!).

The first thing I do before I write anything is to do something called 'musing.' This technique was taught to me by my Writing and Critical Inquiry professor, Dr. Lisa Arrastia. It has proven to be invaluable to me because it opens up my mind to think on anything, and therefore, opens up my mind to the writing process.

Musing is a simple, yet effective process where the writer takes between three to four minutes (about the length of a song) to write about whatever he or she wants. It even helps to play some calming music while doing it. I assure you that that along with my next step will help you to achieve solid writing.

Next, after your musing, stop. Just sit there, but don't let your mind go to sleep. Think about what you just wrote. Then, write about why you wrote what you did in the muse. A couple sentences, nothing more.

Finally, in your last paragraph, make a few sentences about how you felt when writing your first two paragraphs. Talk on who you were when you were writing and what you were trying to accomplish.

I promise all this will help and I'm happy to have shared this information with you all.

Cheers.