Give Jane a break. She is still suffering from writer’s block. Take her in your arms and passionately kiss her. Then her mother will magically appear and destroy the mood. Sadly, Jane will still have writer’s block.
Being a pragmatic sort, when writer’s block strikes my kids, I tend to interrogate them enough to get an outline on paper – even for fiction. By the time they have talked it out enough to do that, the brainstorming out loud has usually got the creative juices flowing. If that doesn’t work, it’s time to either go for free-form discussion about what they have in mind or get them to work on a different section. You don’t know what to put in the intro? No problem. Write the paragraph about that one thing you are comfortable with, or do some description or dialogue that belongs in the middle of your story. Do the first part last.
I can’t remember who it was – but there was a NPR interview with one of the most prolific romance novel writers alive, and she was asked about writer’s block. Her response was something to the extent of, “Just make yourself write – writer’s block is something one overcomes with perspiration, not inspiration. Even if most of it is crap – there will be a gem to use and the flow is started.” She basically said that she actually writes about 5 hours a day, and story boards about an hour a day, if I remember correctly.
RonnieAThompson Premium Member about 4 years ago
Give Jane a break. She is still suffering from writer’s block. Take her in your arms and passionately kiss her. Then her mother will magically appear and destroy the mood. Sadly, Jane will still have writer’s block.
jbarnes about 4 years ago
What Jane really needs is a writer’s group to shoot the breeze and brainstorm with.
jbarnes about 4 years ago
Being a pragmatic sort, when writer’s block strikes my kids, I tend to interrogate them enough to get an outline on paper – even for fiction. By the time they have talked it out enough to do that, the brainstorming out loud has usually got the creative juices flowing. If that doesn’t work, it’s time to either go for free-form discussion about what they have in mind or get them to work on a different section. You don’t know what to put in the intro? No problem. Write the paragraph about that one thing you are comfortable with, or do some description or dialogue that belongs in the middle of your story. Do the first part last.
Thinkingblade about 4 years ago
I can’t remember who it was – but there was a NPR interview with one of the most prolific romance novel writers alive, and she was asked about writer’s block. Her response was something to the extent of, “Just make yourself write – writer’s block is something one overcomes with perspiration, not inspiration. Even if most of it is crap – there will be a gem to use and the flow is started.” She basically said that she actually writes about 5 hours a day, and story boards about an hour a day, if I remember correctly.