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Steve Piers Corinda's 21 Steps to Mentalism.
Steven King (a few older ones I never started)
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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Steve Piers There was an anecdote I heard years ago, (and I may have the wrong names here), it was about Frederick Forsyth meeting Agatha Christie for the first t…moreThere was an anecdote I heard years ago, (and I may have the wrong names here), it was about Frederick Forsyth meeting Agatha Christie for the first time. He said he would love to be able to write those incredible "whodunnit" stories, and asked her what the secret was to creating such a complex, detailed, twisty plot. She replied that she writes the story as it comes to her, creates a situation and characters, then when she has written about 80% of the book she goes back to the beginning, proof reads it all, and looks at which character could not possibly be the murderer. Then, she adds a few clues throughout the book then goes to write the rest of the book, revealing the murderer, as if she knew this all along. I love this - it reminds you that the reader takes in the story a line at a time from the beginning to the end, where the writer can do whatever they like.

So when I get writer's block, I go back and read what wrote before. During the writing, I use the bottom of the document as a scratchpad and continually add ideas and thoughts as I write. When I get writer's block I go for a walk without any earphones or distractions. My mind will wander and sometimes thoughts will pop in from somewhere. When I'm back I add these ideas to the scratchpad and see what comes together. By the end of the process there will be a lot of ideas that do not get used, but they could turn up in a future book. However, any of these ideas can be inserted into the text I've already written to open up a way in to the next chapter.(less)

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