Ask the Author: Jeff Greenwald
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Jeff Greenwald
You cannot avoid initial writers' block; it's always hard to get started and know that you're going to have to make all the necessary mistakes. But once you do get started, avoiding writers' block is fairly easy. Simply stop your day's writing session in the middle of a sentence, or toward the end of a paragraph -- one that you already know how you're going to finish. That way you can come right back and simply pick up where you left off. It may seem crazy, but once your fingers are moving they'll keep going.
Jeff Greenwald
Stick to a schedule. Put aside 20 minutes -- or an hour, or two hours -- of every day to write. And do it the same time every day. Stick to this exercise, even if it means just looking at your fingers twitching above the keyboard. Learning how to write well is no harder or easier than learning how to play the clarinet. And remember that even Phillip Roth only ever aspired to writing one good paragraph a day. One good paragraph a day feels pretty good, actually.
Jeff Greenwald
I'm working on a book about the things that matter to me -- and I do mean things, as in physical objects. Then I'm giving them all away.
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