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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Samuel Ferrer Always remember: you cannot edit a blank page.

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Samuel Ferrer Definitely! Firstly, any newbie would be strongly advised to “workshop” their material with other writers. Not just friends, but writers, who will ten…moreDefinitely! Firstly, any newbie would be strongly advised to “workshop” their material with other writers. Not just friends, but writers, who will tend to be more objective and critical. I learned a tremendous amount through this and would consider it critical to my development. Much of the editing process is simply about house cleaning; mitigating one’s tendencies to overwrite. And how others pick these out is often times not what I would have foreseen. Having said that… be strong! One thing I noticed in “workshopping” is that some writers would fold under the criticism, or even ask that the criticism be gentle. As a professional classical musician, my training over many years was significantly based on critical feedback, which is often hard on the ego. But no matter how humbling, I always believed in the process. So I already had this mentality when I came to writing. Writing is intensely personal and therefore it is natural to take the criticism hard, but that is exactly when you need to consciously set yourself aside and sign on to the process. Over time, you will eventually start to weed out arbitrary feedback from that which is very useful.(less)

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The Last Gods of Indochine

4.27 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions

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“Opening paragraph for The Last Gods of Indochine:

"It was hard to believe the human body could contain so much water, and yet, there it all was. Phrai twisted the cloth and watched it plop in dull patters on the ground, the pocked earth sponging up sound as well. Sweat had been seeping out his employer for weeks, and he had been at the dying man's side all the while, pouring fresh water back into his mouth with the devotion of a nun. Phrai imagined nearly half the man had been absorbed and squeezed from these rags, creating small pools just outside the hut. In another part of the world, that half of him would evaporate out of existence, but here it could not; the thick air held eternity at bay.”
― Samuel Ferrer

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