Patrick Dent
I sometimes take weeks or months to contemplate elements of major story structure. Ideas float around my subconscious until I have that “Eureka!” moment. As far as the daily grind of churning out words, I rarely get hung up.
I think writer’s block is often caused by feeling the first draft must be the finished product. Just get rough thoughts down on paper. They will later turn out to contain the nuggets you need to craft your story. When you don’t write, you’ll never know how many ideas were lost because they were imperfectly formed at the time.
I think writer’s block is often caused by feeling the first draft must be the finished product. Just get rough thoughts down on paper. They will later turn out to contain the nuggets you need to craft your story. When you don’t write, you’ll never know how many ideas were lost because they were imperfectly formed at the time.
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