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How do you deal with writer’s block?

V Addeman I don't write my stories from beginning to end. It's easier to avoid blocks if I skip from one section/chapter to another. Sometimes, working on one p…moreI don't write my stories from beginning to end. It's easier to avoid blocks if I skip from one section/chapter to another. Sometimes, working on one part can inspire another. If I'm stuck on where to go, I go to a point past it and figure out how the story got there. Even taking a look back at what I've already written, and making minor changes there, can help dislodge the blockage on the part I've been working on.(less)

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V Addeman Fall in love with your characters. See and hear them. Feel for them. But don't be afraid to hurt them. And read. Read other, better authors. Don't try…moreFall in love with your characters. See and hear them. Feel for them. But don't be afraid to hurt them. And read. Read other, better authors. Don't try to write like them, but try to emulate them. Look for how they handle the language and try to do that yourself. The more authors your expose yourself to, and the more you try to emulate, the better you'll become.(less)

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