"Maybe you’ve hit a wall and can’t figure out what happens next, or maybe you’re just bored by what’s..."

“Maybe you’ve hit a wall and can’t figure out what happens next, or maybe you’re just bored by what’s happening now; either way, you’ve found a rut and now it’s time to find your way out.

 

Here’s a tip: what is the next thing that excites you about your story? Now, how quickly can you get there? It’s possible your rut is due to too much distance between here and there. Can you cut out a step? Do it.”

- Natalie C. Parker is the author of Beware the Wild and Behold the Bones, as well as the editor of the forthcoming young adult anthology, Triangles: The Points of Love.

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