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To work around blocks (I'm still of my own opinions on those in general) I skip ahead to later int he book, or the sequel, and write a scene I'm looking forward to. I may never use it, and will certainly change it, but it helps me get back into the fun of telling the story.
Any advice for those of us killed by the writing how-to?
A post about writing that I made elsewhere.
A post about writing that I made elsewhere.
Go get a whole pile of novels. Read 'em just for fun. Don't analyze, don't think, just read and enjoy. This is just for fun and to clear your palate.
Then sit down and write. Write without thinking. Write without going back to edit. If you're a good-enough touch-typist, write without looking at the screen of your computer. (I sometimes look out the window while writing. Other times I turn the monitor off.) Just blast it out. Don't write a novel; ignore plot and prose. Just tell me a story.
When you've reached 300 pages, see what you have.
Does that mean I should dig out the HMS Suprise model ship I started building about 4 years ago and quit working on when I destroyed the hull in an attempt to put in the bowsprit? I always did think I'd get back to it eventually.
I guess I'm going to need longer days if I want to fit all my activities in...
I guess I'm going to need longer days if I want to fit all my activities in...
That was in the play my ex-best friend wrote! You know why that was funny, too? 'Cause it's something they would try.That would be the Metric Day, with 10 seconds to the minute, 100 minutes to the hour, and 100 hours to the day.
1 English hour = 4.167 Metric hours
The Metric Hour (otherwise called the Kilosecond) is scheduled to replace the English hour at midnight Greenwich time on July 12, 2015, under the terms of the International Time Standard Treaty of 2007. Scientists, who already use the Metric Hour for most computations, look forward to the change.
That would be the Metric Day, with 10 seconds to the minute, 100 minutes to the hour, and 100 hours to the day.
1 English hour = 4.167 Metric hours
The Metric Hour (otherwise called the Kilosecond) is scheduled to replace the English hour at midnight Greenwich time on July 12, 2015, under the terms of the International Time Standard Treaty of 2007. Scientists, who already use the Metric Hour for most computations, look forward to the change.
Go get a whole pile of novels. Read 'em just for fun. Don't analyze, don't think, just read and enjoy. This is just for fun and to clear your palate.
Then sit down and write. Write without thinking. Write without going back to edit. If you're a good-enough touch-typist, write without looking at the screen of your computer. (I sometimes look out the window while writing. Other times I turn the monitor off.) Just blast it out. Don't write a novel; ignore plot and prose. Just tell me a story.
When you've reached 300 pages, see what you have.
Uncle Jim,
Do you think you need more of an imagination to write fantasy or science fiction than to write in other genres?