Adite Banerjie's Blog - Posts Tagged "breakthrough"
Breaking Through
There is a pattern to writing. And much like the tides, it is all about ebb and flow.
There are those days when stringing a single sentence feels like pulling teeth. You're wracked by self-doubt--you're tearing your hair out and are truly amazed that you were delusional enough to think that you could finish a 50K draft!
And then there are those days when everything is tickety-boo. You're in the groove and your fingers are flying over the keyboard. You love every moment of it--those are the blessed days when you know that writing is your destiny!
But when you're stuck and nothing seems to work, it's truly a writer's worst-nightmare-come-true scenario. That's exactly what happened to me after I reached the mid-way point in my current WIP. Chapter Eight had me in a tizzy. I revisited the outline, tweaked it, went back to rewriting the chapter. But it just wasn't working. I was trying too hard and it was stressing me out. Fed up, I shut off my laptop and for the next couple of days didn't even look at it--well, the times I checked my email and hung out at Facebook don't count!
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There are those days when stringing a single sentence feels like pulling teeth. You're wracked by self-doubt--you're tearing your hair out and are truly amazed that you were delusional enough to think that you could finish a 50K draft!
And then there are those days when everything is tickety-boo. You're in the groove and your fingers are flying over the keyboard. You love every moment of it--those are the blessed days when you know that writing is your destiny!
But when you're stuck and nothing seems to work, it's truly a writer's worst-nightmare-come-true scenario. That's exactly what happened to me after I reached the mid-way point in my current WIP. Chapter Eight had me in a tizzy. I revisited the outline, tweaked it, went back to rewriting the chapter. But it just wasn't working. I was trying too hard and it was stressing me out. Fed up, I shut off my laptop and for the next couple of days didn't even look at it--well, the times I checked my email and hung out at Facebook don't count!
Read more here
