Benjamin Fortier
Sometimes you're just going to hit a phase where either 1) Your mind is empty in terms of where to take the project or 2) Every time you write something it comes out like crap. Both are symptoms of writer's block.
A level of acceptance and resistance is necessary. Sometimes you have to shift gears - if you're stuck on prose, try some free verse poetry. Skip to another part of the story that you feel you've fleshed out more in your mind and come back later to the spot you were stuck on.
A software program like "Scrivener" is very helpful if you're a bit scatter brained or want to go from A to D to C to F and then to B. The thing about getting stuck is that you need to get unstuck.
A level of acceptance and resistance is necessary. Sometimes you have to shift gears - if you're stuck on prose, try some free verse poetry. Skip to another part of the story that you feel you've fleshed out more in your mind and come back later to the spot you were stuck on.
A software program like "Scrivener" is very helpful if you're a bit scatter brained or want to go from A to D to C to F and then to B. The thing about getting stuck is that you need to get unstuck.
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I am looking forward to reading "phantoms" thanks to a recommendation from Kurt Bolgen, My question is from the business side: Is it beneficial, either for you, or for the publishing collective, if we order directly from them vice ordering from Amazon? and if so, to what extent? - Security Force/S-3 vet, 1/25 2006
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