TECH: The End of Writer's Block! (YA moldy oldie...)

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Original Posting 1 August 2011

Writers Digest, February 1993, pages 25 to 27, has an article by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff with the title, "The End of Writer's Block!" Maya points out that sometimes changing the way you look at something -- or what you call it -- can help solve the problem. She explains that her own victory over writer's block began when a melodramatic friend announced that she had writer's block. In savoring the image, Maya realized that there's an implication of something solid there. Some kind of barrier that has to be overcome.
( a bridge across the block? )

So, there you go. Instead of bashing your head against a brick wall (writer's block), try putting up a bridge across the gaps.

And keep writing.

TECH: The Write Goals for You (moldy oldie)

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Original posting 2 August 2011

Writer's Digest, February 1993, pages 28 to 31, have an article by Carolyn Cutler about setting realistic goals. It starts out with some discussion of what we mean by goals -- our explicit goal such as wanting to write sometimes stumbles on our implicit goal (writing the great American novel without any effort?). I think of it as realistic planning versus just dreaming.
( rainbows and soap bubbles and other fancy stuff )

There you go. Set yourself some goals. Make them explicit -- write them down. Then hold yourself accountable.

What did you say you are going to write, now?