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Vidar Hokstad

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Born

in Oslo, Norway

April 21, 1975

Website

https://galaxybound.com/

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BoundGalaxy

Genre

Science Fiction, Self Help

Member Since

July 2020

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I've been writing for myself for about 30 years, and had a blog for my technical work for many years as well, but started writing for publication much more recently.

I grew up in Norway, but have lived in London since 2000. I live with my son.

My blog is here - I'd import it to Goodreads, but the Goodreads blog sync mangles the formatting badly.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Vidar Hokstad I plan things out in advance. I don't really write full treatments, but use a spreadsheet of chapters or scenes with notes. If I get stuck, I just pic…moreI plan things out in advance. I don't really write full treatments, but use a spreadsheet of chapters or scenes with notes. If I get stuck, I just pick another part. If I get really stuck, I subdivide things further and add notes - there are always things that you can write because they are "book-keeping".

E.g. a character needs to get from place A to place B. How do they get there? What happens on the journey? If you have answers, you now don't have writer's block anymore. If you don't have answers, just pick something, anything, and go back and revise afterward, or ask questions about some other detail. What does the place look like? What is the character thinking about? There are so many avenues to go down.

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Vidar Hokstad I'm revising the manuscript of my first novel, a relatively hard sci-fi story set in a universe where humanity has had first contact (via radio) 40 ye…moreI'm revising the manuscript of my first novel, a relatively hard sci-fi story set in a universe where humanity has had first contact (via radio) 40 years prior, and everything is leading up to the opening of a gate to Alpha Centauri.
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	The Year Before the End 3.81 avg rating — 108 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Galaxy Bound (Sovereign Earth, #2) 4.22 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mindfulness Meditation - A Concise Guide for Beginners 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mana Winds

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We sail the mana winds into interstellar space. We surf the bursting magic of the stars. ...

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