Don’t worry, the ideas will come.

Don’t worry, the ideas will come.

by | Apr 25, 2019 | blog

writing ideas

Dear Writer,

Are you afraid of running out of ideas? Don’t worry, the ideas will come.

Create a space for them and they will fill it. Begin typing until something pops up. It might take one or two pages. It might be days or weeks. Trust the process. Keep going. Don’t stop writing.

Meanwhile, fill the creative well. Go somewhere you’ve never been. It could be a corner of your own town. Watch people. Eat street food. Go to a secondhand shop. Play a video game. Color in an adult coloring book. Watch on old movie. Rearrange your writing space. Listen to music in another language. Stimulate your brain.

Suddenly you’ll feel like spilling over and the ideas will flood your pages.

Don’t ask why

Don’t ask why

by | Apr 22, 2019 | blog

what am i writing

Sometimes we begin writing a story and we think, what the hell is this? What does it all mean?

Don’t stop for a second to think about what you are doing.

Don’t agonize over how to make your character more complex, or what pithy theme you’re trying to illustrate.

Just bang it all out. Scribble it down.

Often our stories are something we are trying into tell ourselves. Sometimes you have to get to the end to realize what it’s all really about.

If you don’t know what it means when you get to the end, don’t panic. Read it through. Read it many times. The ‘why’ of the story will become clear to you.

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