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)”
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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”