I didn't realize the number was so high! I have a lot of the "Ed Greenwood presents" as well as the novels but I am no where near that number. How do you keep from getting writers block? Do you have any tips for aspiring writers who start strong and fizzle after half way through?
— Eddlebird (@ArthesMendor) July 4, 2019
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…’trudge writing’ as opposed to being happy with the prose pouring out, I can always keep momentum by switching to one of the other active projects. WARNING: don’t use this to procrastinate, avoiding something that’s difficult or that you don’t want to write, for months or.. 2)
…of my head into buckets for yet more projects that are at the "do next year" or fuzzy "it's be nice to do this sometime" or "this ia a long-term puttering thing." And if I'm not on deadline (=something is needed NOW, or better yet, yesterday) on something, and I start…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 4, 2019
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…years. You MUST develop enough self-discipline to keep up a pace that can allow you to make a living as a writer…or accept that your living will be earned by doing something else, and being a writer will be the icing on top.
One more tip: YMMV, but I find it easier to…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 4, 2019
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…resume writing after any life break (sleep, food, day job, whatever) by leaving something unfinished, that I can “fix” and keep going on…as opposed to neatly finishing a chapter or even a project, then trying to start up with a “blank page”/screen. My flippant answer to.. 6)
…your question has always been: I'm too busy writing to indulge myself in the luxury of writers' block, but that's unfair; it implies getting blocked isn't real. It is, and major life things (family deaths, moves, job changes, business failures) need adjusting to, and for…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 4, 2019
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…some writers, getting blocked is what happens. But if you’re going to fight writers block, you must try to write. (One thing: pick a scene or chapter or short story or story fragment you wrote or started long ago, and “fix” it by rewriting. Especially if you change its… 8)
…tone (humor vs. dark, for example), narrative voice, or POV character, but sometimes just tweaking the prose. Sometimes your mind will accept this as writing that "doesn't count," and so unblock with the pressure off, and you can at least get your writing muscle going…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 4, 2019
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…again. Writers WRITE. I’ve known some “AUTHORS” who endlessly talk about writing, often a book they’ve been working on for thirty years or something they plan to write someday…but like exercising to stay in shape, WRITE. Every day. Don’t worry about wordcount goals, but.. 10)
…DO sit down and write and think about a story as you do so ("sink into the story" as opposed to trying to stand back and objectively edit or draft prose). Turn out a page. Done? Good, do it again. Enough of them = a book. ;}— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 4, 2019