Comments on: Time gone by

By: Anica Lewis

Anica Lewis — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:00:17 +0000

Oops, bad link! Try Rejectionist.

By: Anica Lewis

Anica Lewis — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:59:11 +0000

Congratulations on making it through to a break!

One thing that helps me is to spend some time READING great books, especially those in the genre I write. I also like reading Writer’s Digest and various literary blogs (like this one! And, for some hilarity, http://www.therejectionist.com/"Rejectionist and The Intern). Of course, these can be a distraction risk, but I find that writing talk helps me get into a writing place.

By: KC Klein

KC Klein — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:52:38 +0000

Oh, my heart goes out to you. I think everyone has been there at one time or another.
One thing that has helped me (and I was surprised it did) was to join one of the 100 words a day challenge. It is a yahoo group that you post to daily and commit to writing at least 100 words everyday. It seemed silly to me at first, but when I made the commitment I found myself knowing I had to pull out at least 15 mins for writing everyday. Some days I stopped right at word 100 but others it really flowed for me. What was great was it set my brain up to make it a habit (like brushing my teeth.) I did fall off the wagon, but I didn’t beat myself up and just hopped back on.

Keep us all posted on your progress.I’m sure we would all like to know if any of the suggestions helped or if you have found some of your own.

By: Jaleta Clegg

Jaleta Clegg — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:20:31 +0000

I’ve been there, in a similar way. My suggestion – find a story you love, one that is haunting you, one that can’t wait to be told, and start. One word at a time, build that story. Let it flow.

It also helps to set yourself a schedule. Write mornings, if that’s your best time. Write evenings if it works better. Just have a set time to work on writing and then do it.

Now I need to go follow my own advice…