tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786739934636428518.post7984937305698936468..comments2024-02-18T21:10:09.808-05:00Comments on The Submission Process: WritingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786739934636428518.post-81259731355000949572011-05-23T11:21:45.360-04:002011-05-23T11:21:45.360-04:00@Julia--that actually sounds like awesome advice. ...@Julia--that actually sounds like awesome advice. I do try to so something similar usually saying x---> x ----> and so forth. I like arrows. From there I kind of fill in the gaps and make it polished and pretty.<br /><br />And yes, stress seems to be a very large factor.Lynn(e) Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111991752818662608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786739934636428518.post-75285075437659797052011-05-23T11:18:28.890-04:002011-05-23T11:18:28.890-04:00This happens to me all all all the time, and it de...This happens to me all all all the time, and it definitely gets worse the more stress I have in the rest of my life. <br /><br />Here's my trick: Spend your blocked time planning instead of beating your head against a wall. Make an excel spreadsheet of upcoming scenes, or take a walk and free associate the next 20,000 words worth of scenes. When you know roughly where you're going, laying down the road of sentences to get there is so much easier.Julia Darceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988811326275623857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786739934636428518.post-24263915621359493612011-05-21T18:37:06.142-04:002011-05-21T18:37:06.142-04:00That is a really cool trick, I'll have to try ...That is a really cool trick, I'll have to try that sometime. <br /><br />With my story I usually just read the last two-three pages and figure out where I was/where I wanted to go and that helps....sometimes..Lynn(e) Schmidthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111991752818662608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5786739934636428518.post-64182083740516144502011-05-21T14:29:25.239-04:002011-05-21T14:29:25.239-04:00Write something different. At some point in my sch...Write something different. At some point in my schooling, we were instructed to pick an object at random from our surroundings and write a story about it. That trick has often served to get me going, and I don't actually have to write anything down. Just make it up in your hard as something to spark you.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.com