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: Stuck with writer's block I'm writing a short story in which my protagonist is a little boy. An unexpected event happens and makes his life upside down which is blindness. This latter causes
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: Terminology: writer's block Does the term "writer's block" refer to the condition in which the author not having anything to write, or has the material but unable to put it in words
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: What to do when you hit writers block I’ve recently been writing my book when I got stuck. I think it’s safe to say that this has happened to everyone. This has happened a few times
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: Dealing with writer's block Although I'm not that convinced with this idea but I'd like to take your advise. Can it be a good idea to skip a chapter when having writer's block?
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: Creating a unique spin on a nuclear apocalypse? Basically, my story follows a group of 6 people (and 1 mutant human) exploring a barren wasteland of what used to be the USA. The world they
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: How do I write less like a screenplay? I've come to notice I have a very specific manner of writing. Specifically, I've noticed that while I'm writing a book, I tend to pace and set up things
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: Not wanting to "spoil" a story due to lack of skill I have a story that is dear to me and that I would very much want to write about. However, I don't have lots of experience in writing
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: How do you get feedback when sharing your ideas makes you not want to write? I have a problem in that if I ever tell people about my story ideas, I lose motivation and eventually stop working
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: I love the world and characters I've created for my story, but I dislike the plot. How can I proceed? I've spent several years periodically writing and developing a high fantasy story I mean
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: Enjoying my writing vs. maintaining writing habit How do I resolve the conflict between: Being interested in what I write about Ignoring my inner critic, pushing past writer's block, starting writing,
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: Creative evolution of the craft of writing What according to your understanding liberates a writer from the constraints of a restricted imagination and a restrained style arising out of naïve
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: I can't write without an inspiration I've been writing a book for almost a year now. But it takes so long because I have to wait for "inspiration". Sometimes I will get an idea that makes
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: How to keep yourself from writing the same story? I've been planning out the same story and revising it over and over since I was a child (that makes it 10 years now) and finally after so
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: How do you deal with burnout? How do you break through writer's block? I've been working on a book for about four years now. Every time I reach the middle, I get stuck and I go back and
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: Will I use "the" in that instance or leave it with no article? If I'm given a choice, to put "the" or leave the word with no article, what's the better answer? The world helps in boosting
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: How to write a good eulogy I'm writing a book centred on loss and heartbreak and I keep getting stuck at a point where the main character has to give an eulogy at a funeral. I'm hoping
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: I keep rewriting the same section of my story. How do I move forward? I have a story I want to write and I have the scenes in my head. Because of this, I keep judging and rewriting the
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: Outlining the climax made me lose interest in writing the actual story I am a discovery writer. I wrote more than 50% of my first novel's first draft. I got really confuse about some aspects
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: As a discovery writer, how do I complete an unfinished novel (which has highly diverged from the original plot ) after a time-gap? I am a reader more than a writer, and fantasy is my favorite
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: Motivation - or how can I get myself to do the work I know I need to? There is worldbuilding and/or writing that I know I need to do, and even want to do on some level, but I keep not
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: How can I answer high-school writing prompts without sounding weird and fake? Being given a prompt makes me freeze up immediately. Let me clarify. I'm talking about high school writing prompts.
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: If you're not a professional, what motivates you to keep writing? Writing. There comes a time in my daily routine. I get a striking idea. A topic to write in my blog. A pondering about a
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: I'm trying to figure out whether to discovery write or outline. How do I choose which is right for me? I've been struggling for a long time to tell a story. In any medium really. I've read
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: Avoiding burnout As a writer, I sometimes have trouble seeing a project to the end. Sometimes it is because I reach an impasse. Sometimes it is because I choose to scrap it for whatever personal
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: What are some techniques to avoid digital distraction? I'm a modern day writer. I learned to type on a word processor when I was eight or nine. If you gave me a typewriter (which would be
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: How to write exciting updates? For my Pathfinder campaign I write an update each session which I share with my players. The goal for these updates is: Provide a brief recap of the previous
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: How to write characters who hate when you don't understand it? I hadn't thought about it before, but today I came across a writing prompt that involved hate. My mind kept running up against
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: What keeps most authors writing after receiving multiple rejections? Last year, I completed a heavily researched 95,000-word novel about an emerging pandemic that targets primarily children. I am
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: How to change gears with changing technology? My tablet/notepad recently died. I can't afford a new one. So I basically have to use my phone to write, which I'm not comfortable with. I
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: How do I finish my stories although I have both ideas and titles for them? Almost every day I come up with new titles and rough ideas for new books to write. I e-mail them to myself, happy
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: How to escape writers block I've written things for an audience before, but I've never written a small novel like I currently am planning. I haven't wrote anything since maybe December of
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: Overcoming "Possibility Paralysis"? I don't often experience writer's block these days. Instead I struggle with a different sort of impediment in my writing: I call it Possibility Paralysis. I
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: Advice for a "Gift of Words" So we have a friend, having a milestone birthday, and his wife requested that we provide a gift of words. This friend is about the age of my children, and
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: How to think of a good beginning? I've been thinking about my story for a while now and the problem I've run into is that I'm not sure how to start it. It isn't that I can't think of
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: On what basis can existing writings be analyzed? On what basis can I analyze the piece of writing? Like, what are the things that tells me writers state of mind, or certain effects that a
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: My views on the central theme of my book have changed - how do I bring in that nuance? I've been working on a fantasy story that explores the creation and evolution of religion. But I'm
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: Writer's Block Help I am in the middle of writing a book but I have serious writer's block any tips on how to combat this? I am only able to write poetry but it isn't as deep and meaningful
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: Fiction Writing - has it all been done before? It's a simple fact the there are more fiction books in existence now than one person could possibly read in a lifetime. Add to this the supposition
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: How to go from an opening idea to a complete plot? I have great openings with (I humbly feel) unusual and unique situations. But after the first few pages to support the beginning, bam...no
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: Dealing with inability to sustain interest in an idea I frequently have the problem of starting a story with an idea—either one recently conceived or one held in mind for months, even years—only
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