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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Anne Sibley O'Brien I have certainly endured that frustrating, agonizing experience of feeling completely stuck, empty of words and ideas. But I now no longer believe in …moreI have certainly endured that frustrating, agonizing experience of feeling completely stuck, empty of words and ideas. But I now no longer believe in writer's block; I recognize it as a manifestation of fear and giving too much power to my inner critic. I've been helped by the guidance of other writers; I highly recommend Kenneth Atchity's A WRITER'S TIME and Anne Lamott's BIRD BY BIRD, with her counsel to write "shitty first drafts." I've accumulated a bag of tricks for silencing the editor while getting a project started.

When I participated in National Novel Writing Month in 2008, I discovered that if you actually commit to writing 50,000 words in 30 days - that's 1667 words/day - you can do it. It turns out the mind can be endlessly inventive if you simply decide that not writing that many words is not an option. (6 and 1/2 years and 12 drafts later, the novel I wrote, a young adult political escape thriller, sold to Cheryl Klein at Arthur Levine/Scholastic and will be published in January 2017.)

When I get stuck, I use free writing to move through it, sometimes writing about the perceived obstacle, how blank my mind is, what I wish I could write - anything that will get words on the paper and keeps things flowing. Or I might take a walk or wash the dishes, to give my mind some space to do its magic.

As author Suzanne Chazin has said, "Writers block is just your desire to write a final draft on the first draft... It’s simply not possible." (less)

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What does Mia, Simon, Dad, and Daniel look like in the book, In The Shadow of the Sun? plz respond!

Anne Sibley O'Brien Hi thanks for asking!
In this book I don’t really describe characters’ looks; I leave it to the reader to imagine. The only details of what any of the…moreHi thanks for asking!
In this book I don’t really describe characters’ looks; I leave it to the reader to imagine. The only details of what any of the characters look like are through Mia’s eyes. The reader learns that her brother and father are white/of European ancestry; she and Daniel are ethnically Korean.

Here are some of the passages about the characters:
p 9: “She looked Dad over as she moved to their table. Same scruffy corduroy jacket with the leather elbow patches. Same stray bits of hair sticking out. Same gray eyes peering over his glasses at the tour schedule. The least likely spy in the world.”

p 15 “To a North Korean, [Simon] must look like a blond creature from outer space.”

p 24: “They’d just finished lunch with another member of the tour group, Daniel Moon. ... So far he seemed like the only interesting member on the tour. He was older — like thirty — but he was handsome, and nice enough to notice Mia existed.”

You can also check out the photos on the front and back of the book jacket. I got to help select the models to play Mia and Simon for the photo shoot, so that can also give you an idea of what they look like in my mind.
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	Abracadabra, It's Spring!: A Picture Book by Anne Sibley O'Brien (Goodreads Author), Susan Gal (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 492 ratings — published 2016 — 3 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
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	After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Nonviolent Resistance by Anne Sibley O'Brien (Goodreads Author), Perry Edmond O'Brien 3.82 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2009 — 9 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
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