Starting your work-in-progress
would have seemed a good
idea at the time. For the
first few weeks or months
the words came freely. But
perhaps now you’ve run out of ideas. Or
you’ve found a plot hole and can’t think
how to mend it without beginning
again. Every time you think about your
work-in-progress you feel depressed.
Looking at it would only make you feel
worse. Sound familiar?
You have to stop Procrastinating and start Writing!
In the words of Iris Murdoch: ‘Every novel is the wreck of a perfect idea.’
Here are twelve things you can do that aren’t your book but are still good for your writing. In fact, you should have done more of them before, but you were too busy with your masterpiece.
1. Read, Read and Read
‘Read, and then read some more.’ It’s the piece of advice almost all published authors will give you, although they may disagree as to whether this should be within or outside your genre. Stephen King says: ‘If you haven’t enough time to read you haven’t enough time to w…
You have to stop Procrastinating and start Writing!
In the words of Iris Murdoch: ‘Every novel is the wreck of a perfect idea.’
Here are twelve things you can do that aren’t your book but are still good for your writing. In fact, you should have done more of them before, but you were too busy with your masterpiece.
1. Read, Read and Read
‘Read, and then read some more.’ It’s the piece of advice almost all published authors will give you, although they may disagree as to whether this should be within or outside your genre. Stephen King says: ‘If you haven’t enough time to read you haven’t enough time to w…
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