Write On: How To Overcome Writer's Block So You Can Write Your Novel

Writing as a Second Career #8

by Lisa M. Lilly

Eager to write a novel but find yourself staring at a blank screen?Spending too much time rewriting early chapters without moving on?Reached the middle of your novel only to freeze or slow down?Unlike most books on writer's block, Write On not only helps get the words flowing but targets issues specific to novelists. And because there are many different reasons writers get stuck, this book avoids one-size-fits-all-advice.Instead, it offers insights, exercises, and questions aimed at sorting out what might be standing in your way so you can write more freely and easily. Among other things, you'll learn up with ideas for your novel (and choose the best one)Understand your writing process, overcome doubts, and get your first draft onto the pageStay excited and motivated as you near the middle of your novel where many writers falterAddress the fears, hopes, and life challenges that can slow you downReady to start – and finish – your novel? Get Write How To Overcome Writer's Block So You Can Write Your Novel today.

196 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 2, 2021

About the author

In addition to the Q.C. Davis Mysteries, a traditional detective series that includes The Worried Man, The Charming Man, The Fractured Man, The Troubled Man, The Hidden Man, and the novella No Good Plays, Lisa M. Lilly also is the author of the four-book Awakening supernatural thriller series.

Like her character Quille C. Davis, Lilly lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Under L.M. Lilly, she is the founder of WritingAsASecondCareer.com. She also hosts the podcast Buffy and the Art of Story.

Lilly also writes horror, including When Darkness Falls, a gothic horror novel set in Chicago’s South Loop, and the short-story collection The Tower Formerly Known as Sears and Two Other Tales of Urban Horror, the title story of which was made into the short film Willis Tower. Her stories and poems have appeared in numerous publications.


Her non-fiction books, written as L.M. Lilly, include Super Super Simple Story Structure: A Quick Guide to Plotting and Writing Your Novel; The One-Year Novelist: A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Your Novel in One Year; and Creating Compelling Characters From the Inside Out.


A resident of Chicago, Lilly is an attorney and a member of the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists. She joined AAIM after an intoxicated driver caused the deaths of her parents in 2007. Her book of essays, Standing in Traffic, is available on AAIM’s website.

For information on new releases and to get free bonus fiction, including a Q.C. Davis Mystery novella, join her email list at LisaLilly.com/QuilleStories.

Reviews

[Doree Weller · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book. LM Lilly has a conversational style that makes her books easy to read. She doesn't repeat information over and over and over the way many books of this type do. Each chapter was well organized with practical tips. I did a lot of highlighting so I can go back to some of the tips later. I was feeling stuck on my current novel, and this book gave me some practical ideas to move past it.

Great read!

[A.M. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I highlighted SO MUCH in this book!

5 stars