Failing again. Failing better.
In my experience, when I get stuck and find it difficult to get my daily writing done, I start to beat myself up, and that only leads to increased pressure and decreased creativity. So what do I do? I change things up, and I have fun while doing it. In his book THE NERDIST WAY,…
This morning, Neil Gaiman reposted some advice on beating writer’s block. He advises writers to turn off their internal editor while writing. You need to find a way to silence or ignore that inner critic, because the most important thing is to finish your writing. Of course, this isn’t new advice from Neil Gaiman. I’ve…
A while back, I wrote about world creation as short story fuel. My suggestion for a writer experiencing writer’s block was to pull out his world creation notes and work on a side story until the block clears. While I stand by this advice, spending time on a side story is not an effective strategy…
This is an idea that has been bouncing around in my head for a while, and it was recently brought up on Twitter by Laura Fitzgerald (@Laura_FitzG), Digital Marketing Coordinator at Tor, in a #torchat. Laura asked, “Research: do you love it or would you rather be writing over world-building?” I don’t think you need…