Dana Smith
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Kasie West:
I need help writing my book, I'm stuck on the one that I'm writing... I can't find inspiration, can you help me find inspiration???
Kasie West
Getting stuck is common. Don't fret. Take a break from it for a bit, let your brain try to work through it without all the pressure you're feeling about it. Take a long walk, let your mind mull it over. Talk it out with a friend. Do something new that might get your creative juices flowing. I'm not sure where you find inspiration, it's different for everyone, but those things help me. And if none of those things work, skip past the part you're stuck on to a part you might know in the story and then go back to the part that's giving you trouble later. Sometimes a solution appears as you write the back half of the book to something that happens in the front half. Most importantly, just keep at it. Writing, like all things, takes practice. And the more you stretch your writing fingers/brain, the more you'll realize the things that work for you.
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