Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Writing tip

I have had a method that keeps me interested in the story that I am working on.

Every so often writers get 'blank periods', and writers' blanks are not very good, as we wish to keep an idea moving and continuous.

I do this—every so often, I put in some sort of completely unrelated incident or moment and when I bog down I then go to that point in the story to see if I can weave it into my yarn so far.

This written moment is not necessarily permanent—I mean all you have to do is highlight and press delete and it is gone—however, I do not delete this teaser until I am happy with the story as it is.

It is only mind games, but isn't writing fiction mind games?


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