A Short-Story.

Hello all, been hammering away learning the trade. I'm slowly getting it. Hope you enjoy this. Feel free to pass your thoughts on. It's about 5 600 words.

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Tip of the Week - Writer's Block

I subscribe to Writer's Digest and was reading an article about several authors. They were asked questions regarding how they approach writing, and what they do in certain situations.

One author commented on what he does when he gets writers block, and I thought it was a good idea.

What he said that he does when he gets stuck, is to take some time away from the writing, and go back to earlier chapters and do some editing and revisions. Maybe today is not the day for you to have the grand inspiration for your new chapter. Maybe today is the day for you to polish some of your existing work.

I havent had a chance to try this yet, mainly because I have been on a roll lately. I think that it has merit though.

Happy Writing!

Dave

Tip of the Week - A revision trick

I have been working very hard lately revising my book, and I accidentally discovered a good way to rewrite a difficult section.

I normally print off the section I am revising, let my pen barf on it, then type in the edits. A week ago, I was staring at a section that I really didn't like. The concept was good, but the writing wasn't. I tried fiddling with words and shuffled sentences, but shuffled crap is still crap.

What I ended up doing was setting the crap-fest aside, and with the concept only took to writing it again fresh. The result was a much better scene with a lot of brand new stuff. So far this technique has netted me three brand new chapters that a far and away better than the drivel I was trying to fix.

Sometimes it's better to level the outhouse instead of trying to turn it into a mansion.