Ask the Author: Robin Summers
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Robin Summers
It really depends on what's causing the block. Sometimes I'm just completely uninspired. The desire to write is there, but the creativity is lacking. When that happens, I usually will force myself to write anyway; if nothing else, if I can just get something down on paper that captures the broad sense of where I was trying to go, I can revisit that section later when my brain is in a more creative place and shape it into what I want. But when my writer's block is caused by non-writing things -- life, work, fear of failure, UFOs -- it can be much harder to force my way through it. Sometimes I just have to let the block pass. It always does, eventually.
Robin Summers
I get inspired by all sorts of things, real and imagined. Things I've experienced, things that have happened to people I know, things in the news, etc. Often it starts with something small--a fragment of a thought or bit of dialogue or a question will pop into my head. Some I forget quickly, but some will fester and eventually I'll begin to unpack them to see if there's a story.
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