When it’s OK not to write. AKA: Treat Your Story Like a Stress Ball

In my last post, I wrote about what to do when you don’t want to write. Those days when the muse just isn’t with you and I shared my top five tips for getting words onto the page.

But there are days when it’s more than okay not to write anything. When you shouldn’t write and forcing yourself to get words down would be counterproductive. 

Most writing advice is all ‘write every day!’ But just this week I was working on a plot hole, and couldn’t write at all.

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