Well...

You'll be glad to know my awesome days are over. Because the next chapter I'm working on, I'm dragging my feet.

See? See? I told you! I told you a block was coming!

He's so mean to me...

Anyway so this is the big conspiracy chapter where my hero discovers that the leader is actually evil (or doing bad things for kind of selfish reasons. Okay, yeah evil works), and she offers him a position on the "dark side".

But the chapter is right after this big dream/nightmare sequence and I'm not sure how to get from point A to point B without it being too convenient. (I mean, he just happens to walk into this area alone, where he's not supposed to be, and just happens to see her there? Suspending disbelief a little too much?)

As usual I'm probably reading too much into it. But it does pose an interesting question. When do things get too convenient for a book?

-Jessie

Rainstorm: Writer's Block

 8/1/2010  2:30 PM

Oh, I see that look! I suppose you thought I would start with rejection, or something having to do with anyone but you.

Well, believe it or not, before you even brave the winds of publication, you have to write your book first. And that won't happen if you can't force yourself to write. Unfortunately, no one has a fail-proof method. Some suggestions are to;

Play music
Make tea
Take a Shower
Exercise

But in the end it comes down to sitting down and writing. I know, that seems like horrible advice. In a way, it is. I remember surfing the internet, trying my best to find something to force me to write. And everyone said just write. I was disappointed. The whole point was that I couldn't write.

But stop getting distracted. Shut everything out and write. Soon, words start to flow easier. Of course, sometimes you'll have bad days. Sometimes you'll have bad weeks. But you have to keep at it.

Think of your pen losing ink, but you know it still had ink inside, You just have to keep writing until it flows again.

-Jessie