Laura McNeal
I get blocked for many different reasons so I have various strategies. The biggest obstacle is confidence. If it isn't going well, I can start to panic. For that issue, I visualize writing as digging a tunnel. If I'm making little or no progress, I imagine that I've hit a rock. There's no way of knowing how big the rock is, so I tell myself I'll just keep digging until I can go around it or extract it.
If the block is really more about the book than about me, I try various writing exercises, such as writing a scene in the point of view of a different character, or I switch from third person to first or first to third.
If the block is really more about the book than about me, I try various writing exercises, such as writing a scene in the point of view of a different character, or I switch from third person to first or first to third.
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Laura McNeal:
As Vice President of the AAUW La Mesa-El Cajon CA Foundation, I would like to invite you to speak at our Scholarship Benefit Luncheon here in San Diego on April 5, 2025. We can offer an honorarium of $200, and you will be able to sell your books. Would you be able to do this?
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