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Shelley Blanton-Stroud I don't want to be hypocritical here, acting like I'm not blocked. Because right now, with the Covid-19 crisis, I find it hard to work on my WIP. But …moreI don't want to be hypocritical here, acting like I'm not blocked. Because right now, with the Covid-19 crisis, I find it hard to work on my WIP. But I do keep writing in my journal, un-targeted, every morning. And if I keep doing that, after about 20 minutes I usually write something--like maybe a sentence--I like. But here's what I am aiming for--to be as workmanlike as possible with my WIP, pick it up for an hour every day, at least, and move stuff around, experiment, and hope that this gets me back in the unblocked mode I need to be in.(less)

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Shelley Blanton-Stroud I am a lifelong reader and have ALWAYS revered writers and longed to be one. Then one day I discovered that writers are people who write. Now I get to…moreI am a lifelong reader and have ALWAYS revered writers and longed to be one. Then one day I discovered that writers are people who write. Now I get to talk to writers all the time about their work, their ideas, their suggestions. It's fantastic. (less)

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