C.H. Cobb
If I'm blocked because the story has so many moving pieces and I'm not sure how to tie them together, I usually outline in bullet points where the story needs to go from here. It helps to strip it down to the essentials.
If I'm blocked because of discouragement I spend some time looking at readers comments.
Sometimes I'm just out of juice. I'll let myself put the thing down for a week or so, and use my discretionary time doing something fun. But after a week or so, I tie my butt to the chair and get to work again and just start writing. Sometimes what I write in those times is pretty bad, but I don''t worry about it, knowing that it will get washed, spun, dried, and folded during the many re-write and edit cycles.
If I'm blocked because of discouragement I spend some time looking at readers comments.
Sometimes I'm just out of juice. I'll let myself put the thing down for a week or so, and use my discretionary time doing something fun. But after a week or so, I tie my butt to the chair and get to work again and just start writing. Sometimes what I write in those times is pretty bad, but I don''t worry about it, knowing that it will get washed, spun, dried, and folded during the many re-write and edit cycles.
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