Tag: brainstorming
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I Lost 1000 Words
It wasn’t anyone’s fault. Not even my own. Through getting a new computer and working through some syncing issues, etc … I lost 1000 words of novel three which I wrote yesterday afternoon. I’m not sure what I think or feel about this reality. I wasn’t particularly fond of what I had written, but I…
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Writer’s block or not?
This ARTICLE got me thinking a little bit about what writer’s block actually is. To me, writer’s block is just a matter of semantics. What one person calls ‘writer’s block’, I call just needing some time to let it sort itself out. About two years ago I started writing a short play entitled “Jerome the Cruel and…
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Writing and Driving
I was in Kuala Lumpur this weekend on an amazingly fun softball trip. During the 5-hour drive home, I decided to do some writing. No pen or paper. No gadgets. No voice activated recordings. Just me in my thoughts, navigating a tricky plot sequence of my third novel. Thinking is the part of writing that you…
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Force Yourself to be Creative
Have you ever just sat down and said to yourself: “Self, immediately produce a unique and creative work”? I do that sometimes. Today, a phrase popped into my mind. This happens to me all the time. A phrase will grab me – it doesn’t have to be a profound phrase or even an original phrase…
Author Mark W Sasse 