Donald Furrow-Scott
I've never experienced that quintessential "writer's block," though many experiences of life probably mirror that syndrome. I'll talk about the three that come closest.
Plotting adventures for decades taught me when you get stuck on one plot, move to another. Writing seven books at once gives me plenty of outlets to avoid log-jammed perspectives and stay creatively fresh.
There are always ebbs and flows when writing creativity. Forming ideas can be a struggle at times, at least as far as an internal conversation can become a wrestling match. I fall back on Zen techniques while pondering these struggles and treat them like a Koan. The new ideas from this meditation that transform me instead of vice-versa usually provide the necessary satori or epiphany.
I am a farmer; that means long hours in the sun and rain, which can leave a person considerably drained of creativity in the evenings. So I prefer to write in the mornings.
Plotting adventures for decades taught me when you get stuck on one plot, move to another. Writing seven books at once gives me plenty of outlets to avoid log-jammed perspectives and stay creatively fresh.
There are always ebbs and flows when writing creativity. Forming ideas can be a struggle at times, at least as far as an internal conversation can become a wrestling match. I fall back on Zen techniques while pondering these struggles and treat them like a Koan. The new ideas from this meditation that transform me instead of vice-versa usually provide the necessary satori or epiphany.
I am a farmer; that means long hours in the sun and rain, which can leave a person considerably drained of creativity in the evenings. So I prefer to write in the mornings.
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