Darcy Conroy
If I've been writing well and then find I'm struggling to continue, then inevitably I realise that I've taken a wrong turn somewhere (if I'm lucky 'inevitably' will be soon, though it's often not!) Once I make said realisation, I go back to the last choice I made for my characters (writing is all about choices) and consider a different path. I'll try writing through a change and usually one of them will inspire me and I'll take off again.
Mind you, I never delete or throw away anything, I always cut and paste it into a "bits'n'pieces" file in Scrivener or a note in Evernote where I'll be able to find it again - so often I've found that the scene I was writing was simply meant to be somewhere else. Writing can be spooky like that!
Mind you, I never delete or throw away anything, I always cut and paste it into a "bits'n'pieces" file in Scrivener or a note in Evernote where I'll be able to find it again - so often I've found that the scene I was writing was simply meant to be somewhere else. Writing can be spooky like that!
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