Christeena Theresia
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Maria V. Snyder:
Hey maria, I love ur books.I read them when I began developing my reading habit.I admired your books for years esp.the study series.I would like to ask you that when I write I begin to stuck up somewhere and find no way to go.What should I do?
Maria V. Snyder
Hi Christeena! Glad you love my books - it's always nice to hear. Sorry to hear you're having problems writing. I do a number of things when I'm stuck - I use to take my dog for a walk (before she passed away :( and ruminate on my story - not real active thinking, I let my mind wander and see if anything pops up (showers are also good places for this - be warned - don't do it if you have to be some place on time :)
If that doesn’t work - I'll sleep on it - give myself a break from writing and try not to bang my head against a wall. I'll also send chapters to my critique partner or agent to read - once they've read up to the point I'm stuck, I'll call them and bounce ideas off of them. Helped me with STORM GLASS - big time.
Another way is to jump ahead in the story line - no one said you had to write the scenes in any order - sometimes jumping over the problem spot helps you figure out the problem so you can go back and fix it later.
Also I always stay with one project at a time - I finish it first before going on to the next. I use the next project like a carrot, dangling it out there to motivate me.
I hope one of these helps you!
If that doesn’t work - I'll sleep on it - give myself a break from writing and try not to bang my head against a wall. I'll also send chapters to my critique partner or agent to read - once they've read up to the point I'm stuck, I'll call them and bounce ideas off of them. Helped me with STORM GLASS - big time.
Another way is to jump ahead in the story line - no one said you had to write the scenes in any order - sometimes jumping over the problem spot helps you figure out the problem so you can go back and fix it later.
Also I always stay with one project at a time - I finish it first before going on to the next. I use the next project like a carrot, dangling it out there to motivate me.
I hope one of these helps you!
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