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Jennifer Carson

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Jennifer Carson I don't believe in writer's block. I believe writing is hard. I believe that sometimes you have to put an idea away for a bit and let it age like wine…moreI don't believe in writer's block. I believe writing is hard. I believe that sometimes you have to put an idea away for a bit and let it age like wine (and hope it's not vinegar when you get back). I believe that if your idea just won't come, you should write around it. Interview your characters and write their answers down. Write an ending. Scrap it and write another. Start a side-story in the same universe. When your writing is stuck, write something else. Write in a journal. Re-write your day with you in the role of super-hero. Whatever. Just write.(less)
Jennifer Carson Read and write. All the time. The best people in their field - the Lionel Messis and the Michael Jordans - didn't get there by FaceBooking and daydrea…moreRead and write. All the time. The best people in their field - the Lionel Messis and the Michael Jordans - didn't get there by FaceBooking and daydreaming about playing soccer and basketball all day.

If you want to produce good art, you have to know what that looks like. Study good authors and bad ones, and figure out how to tell the difference. When you put down your book for a quick break, pick up your pen. Write some dialogue. Describe the scene outside your front door. Write down the dream you had as though it was part of a book. Practice. Not every scene or bit of dialogue will be a novel, but one might turn into one.

And for the love of Pete, read Stephen King's book, "On Writing."(less)
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“Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions.”
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“A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.”
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“I, answering in the end, began: 'Alas,
how many yearning thoughts, what great desire,
have lead them through such sorrow to their fate?”
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