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Writer’s Block: Knowing is Half the Battle
Defeat Writer’s Block with Sufficient Preparation I have this awesome idea! I’ll start writing and it will all just flow out of me seamlessly and without pause…right? Well that depends. Demolishing writer’s block begins with developing a plan, and part of that planning involves knowing both yourself and your target audience. Or as Sun Tzu…
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Writer’s Block: The Silence of the Muse
As promised in the previous post, I delve into the gruesome and gritty details of writer’s block. In this article, I chose to address what I call “creative issues” first. The struggle to unmuzzle the muse often seems the most salient and immediate problem. In the following paragraphs, I share some great “hacks” that have…
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That Dread Barrier: Writer’s Block
Envision a Scene… You want to write, but you just can’t do it. You stare at a blank page or the blinking cursor on a word processor screen for hours. Your muse played hooky today and you can’t get started. Or, you’ve been writing at a pretty nice clip and it’s all smooth sailing—until you…
Cycle of Tehara 