"Are you feeling stuck today? Take the last scene you wrote. What if the main character makes a..."

“Are you feeling stuck today? Take the last scene you wrote.

 

What if the main character makes a different choice? What if one of the secondary characters does the complete opposite of what they’re doing now? What if they push back instead of agree with your main character? What if they agree instead of push back?

 

The best solutions are not always the most obvious ones, so challenge yourself to do something different from what you’d normally do. Sometimes it’s all a matter of perspective.”

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Marieke Nijkamp is a storyteller, dreamer, globe-trotter, geek. This Is Where It Ends, her debut YA, will be released by Sourcebooks Fire. She wants to grow up to be a time traveler.

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