I have recently been smacked across the head by writer’s block and have struggled getting my way through it. As a writer, I think that writer’s block is possibly the most crippling thing I could go through. It makes my love for writing seem like a chore when most days it is an escape. Writing,…
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The “What If” List
How many of us writers are perfectionists? Oh, look, all of us. Honestly, who sits down to create the most mediocre story possible? Striving to write something great isn’t the problem. The issue arises when we demand greatness immediately, in the first draft. The next time you find yourself paralyzed by lofty literary ambitions or…
Writer’s Block
So you’re sitting there in front of your laptop looking at a blank screen. You can’t seem to get yourself to write the next line. Or . . . You’ve set aside this day to write. The friends and family have been shooed away and the phone has been turned off. You sit down to…
Talking To Your Characters
Have you ever run smack into a writer’s block had no idea where your story is going? If you’re a pantser, the answer is probably, ‘Yes!” Even if you’re a plotter, the answer might be, “Yes, but don’t quote me on that.” It happened to me when I was doing NaNoWriMo 2018. My inspiration had…
Into the Mist… And Off the Cliff
I’m writing this blog post a full two weeks before it’s due, which is unheard of for someone like me, who always does things last minute. Why am I ahead of the game this time? Simple. Writing a blog post is better than gazing at my muddle of a manuscript. Or agonizing over the fact…