Liane Carter
1. I ask myself what's in the way. Am I getting enough sleep? Am I taking time out? I can be a workaholic and my inner child likes to write AND play so it's amazing what an evening off with a combination of something like sketching, playing drums and watching a feel-good movie can do.
2. The block can be the writing telling me something: I'm not listening to what the characters are trying to tell me; there's an error in the manuscript; it's weak somewhere and needs to be pumped up; my instinct is stopping me so I can step back and see threads and possibilities to create more tie ins and twists and tension in the story.
3. I go to the sea or a walk in the countryside with my Dictaphone and pen and paper/pencil. Both stimulate ideas for me and I love both places. And when I walk answers come.
2. The block can be the writing telling me something: I'm not listening to what the characters are trying to tell me; there's an error in the manuscript; it's weak somewhere and needs to be pumped up; my instinct is stopping me so I can step back and see threads and possibilities to create more tie ins and twists and tension in the story.
3. I go to the sea or a walk in the countryside with my Dictaphone and pen and paper/pencil. Both stimulate ideas for me and I love both places. And when I walk answers come.
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