Feeling stuck when writing about difficult topics is an issue that often comes up with writers I work with. If you’re struggling with the same issue, I hope this helps! Why we feel stuck in the first place The feeling of stuckness or feeling blocked is often a sign that you’re avoiding writing about somethingContinue reading “Writing about heavy topics”
Category Archives: Writing Tips
A roadmap for your writing journey
“How do I get started?” I hear this question often from writers who are new to writing and also from writers who have been writing for a while but want to start working towards a goal and want to get published. My answer to this question is really simple: read a lot and write aContinue reading “A roadmap for your writing journey”
When your writing needs to take a backseat
When writers tell me their biggest struggle when it comes to their writing is actually finding time to write, I like to probe a little bit, and narrow down what the core issue really is. Usually it’s one of three things: I want to address the first scenario in this blog post. If you areContinue reading “When your writing needs to take a backseat”
Taking risks as a writer
I’m working on a short story collection and one of the stories that I’m writing is in the epistolary form. One character is writing a letter to another character, and that’s the structure in which the story is told. But the story didn’t start out that way. It started out like a regular story, aContinue reading “Taking risks as a writer”
How to overcome ‘writer’s block’ (Part 2)
I’ve been talking about writer’s block in the last few posts. Here is the initial post where I talk about why I don’t believe in writer’s block, and here is how to overcome writer’s block part 1. In this post, I want to talk about how to overcome feeling stuck in the midst of aContinue reading “How to overcome ‘writer’s block’ (Part 2)”
How to overcome ‘writer’s block’
In a previous post, I talked about why I don’t believe in writer’s block, at least not it the way it’s generally portrayed and understood. To me, writer’s block is simply a state of feeling stuck in our writing, feeling unsure about what to write or how to proceed with a particular project if you’veContinue reading “How to overcome ‘writer’s block’”
Why I don’t believe in writer’s block
Pop culture has given us this image of a writer, someone who sits at a desk day and night and their story flows out of them at a maddening pace until they have birthed their book, in its entirety, until they are exhausted. They eat nothing but toast for days on end (that is, ifContinue reading “Why I don’t believe in writer’s block”
Cut up your story
This is both the scariest and the most exciting part of revision for me – playing around with story structure. I cut up all the scenes in my story, mix them up, and rearrange. I don’t have a formula, I just go by gut, and more often than not, this process gives me deeper insightContinue reading “Cut up your story”