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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Garrick Fincham It usually means I haven't planned that section well enough. I walk the dog, think about what's getting in the way, think of a way through it, make my…moreIt usually means I haven't planned that section well enough. I walk the dog, think about what's getting in the way, think of a way through it, make myself sit down, and write it. Writing through writer's block doesn't usually produce excellent work, but it gets things moving again. When you look back in six months' time, you'll wonder what the problem was, rewrite the section, and away you go...
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Garrick Fincham Write. Just start... my own preference is not to start trying to write a story all at once. I might write a couple of hundred words describing a place…moreWrite. Just start... my own preference is not to start trying to write a story all at once. I might write a couple of hundred words describing a place, or a character, like preliminary sketches for a painting. It gets you into the habit of writing and builds up some knowledge of the world and people you are writing about. Then, if it's your first novel, don't mess about - go for the three-act structure, the most common form of story arc, and plot out your basic story. Spend some time working out how the plot and characters interact - how will events change your characters? After that, just keep going. It's a marathon, not a sprint. Set a target, 200, 500 words a day. Stick to it. Keep going, keep going, keep going... and then? Suddenly you have a draft of a novel in your hands.(less)

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	Interchange: A Dead Mars Novel 3.44 avg rating — 9 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
	Bastion Issue #5 August 2014 by R. Leigh Hennig (Editor), Jared W. Cooper (Goodreads Author), J. Daniel Batt (Goodreads Author) 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014	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
	Price of Starlight: Nine short stories - a thousand years of future history. 4.20 avg rating — 5 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
	Diodati: The Magazine of the Gothic Imagination, Issue 1 by John Garland, Josie Palmer, Ian Tovey 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2015	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
	Durobrivae: a Roman town between fen and upland it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Diodati Issue 3: The Magazine of the Gothic Imagination by Garrick Fincham (Goodreads Author), R.J. Jacobs (Goodreads Author), Bill DeArmond it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	TRAC 99: Proceedings of Ninth Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Durham 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000	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
	Museums and Community Learning 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Landscapes of Imperialism: Roman and native interaction in the East Anglian Fenland 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002	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
	Inspiring Adults by Garrick Fincham (Goodreads Author), Jane Ward (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2006	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