Tag: writer’s block
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Writer’s Block, Travel and Encountering Ourselves…
It’s really hard to write. I’m traveling with my youngest. I hated leaving home. And yet I felt stuck. Stuck. Not a good place to be as a writer. And yet it happens. I don’t experience writer’s block, as much as encountering periods wherein it is just hard to write. I lack the stamina to…
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On Writing, and Exploring the Human Heart
“I didn’t pick my area of writing anymore than I chose to become a writer. …I love classic literature. And I’ve always had this dark imagination. I was the weird kid who was interested in that form in the window, or what lay under the stairs. I also have this ferocious curiosity about the human…
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Premise
What’s the premise of your novel? Do you need one? Why would you not? Premise is the combination of character and situation. What if Person A is forced to confront Situation F?
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Dry Spells
Writers often encounter dry spells, blockages, or what seems a loss of imagination. We most often call this writer’s block. I actually think that writer’s block is a catch-all term for times when we don’t know what to write. Not knowing what to write can occur in many phases of our writing, the outset of…