Tag: writer’s block

• Time + Thinking = The Solution to All Writing Problems

  

  It’s not always easy to know which way a story should go. Should minor characters begin to play a more major role? Should a character be killed off? Should I change the setting? Story threads are fragile. Each minor decision can send a story spiraling in a direction that may or may not be good. …

  sassevn

  May 5, 2018

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  novel writing, writer’s block, writing ideas, writing tips

• You Should Tolerate Bad Writing

  I’m not a perfectionist. As a writer, this can be a disadvantage. I’m confident there have been times when I could have improved a piece with one more revision or one more re-write. But I must admit, I become bored and just want it to be over so I can get on to my next…

  sassevn

  June 18, 2017

  Writing Process

  brainstorming, novel writing, writer’s block, writing advice, writing ideas, writing tips

• Inspiration is Cheap. Just Open Your Eyes. (or Ears)

  I’m amazed at the inspiration around me. I went for decades not seeing it. But it’s there. Everywhere – Invalidating our self-pitying claims of writer’s block. Maybe we put blinders on and can’t see it. Maybe we become so focused on the page that we forget that the page belongs in the world. That’s where…

  sassevn

  January 14, 2016

  Indie Author

  inspiration, writer’s block, writing brainstorming, writing ideas

• This one deserves the seven-day treatment

  Do you ever have an unruly manuscript which simply would not do what you want it to? I’m in the middle of such a dilemma as I write. Let me clarify something: this is quite rare for me. For better or worse, my scripts or novels or whatever I’m writing seem to just write themselves.…

  sassevn

  August 4, 2015

  Writing Process

  brainstorming, editing manuscript, re-reading manuscript, writer’s block, writing, writing process

• What to do when your manuscript punches back

  Return the favor. I had one of those semi-successful, yet only semi-successful writing sessions this afternoon. I was ready to go, working on a play this time, seemingly knowing what I was going to do with these scenes when all of the sudden … Bam! The manuscript hit me right in the nose. Undaunted, I…

  sassevn

  June 15, 2015

  Writing Process

  brainstorming, perseverance for writers, struggling with a manuscript, writer’s block, writing

• I Feel a Focus Break Coming On

  I’m starting to feel like I’m hitting a writing wall with my new novel. It’s not writer’s block. I know what I want to write, but I’m losing interest for the moment. It’s not because I’m not happy with the story. I am, and I can’t wait to see it through. But I’ve noticed that…

  sassevn

  January 7, 2015

  Writing Process

  a writer’s break, writer’s block, writing, writing focus, writing process

• Bad Writing Sessions – Push Onward

  Ahhh! The tortured writer. Tortured in thoughts. Words that taunt. Phrases which elude. Plot which plods. Characters I don’t care about. When will it end? Perhaps when I end this tortuous session. We’ve all had them – those unproductive sessions when nothing flows right and everything sounds exactly wrong. That was me this afternoon. I…

  sassevn

  November 30, 2014

  Indie Author

  brainstorming, inspiration, overcoming discouragement as a writer, writer’s block, writing, writing session

• A Thinking Stop

  I was writing early today, and the story flowed well. It wasn’t long until I had rattled off a thousand words without much difficulty at all. It felt good. I was accomplishing something. And then I stopped. Not because I couldn’t have written more; I was completely prepared and able to do so, but I…

  sassevn

  December 30, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  approaches to writing, character development, fiction writing, plot, writer’s block, writing process

• 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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  April 29, 2013

  Uncategorized, Writing Process

  brainstorming, Orson Welles, writer’s block, writing ideas