Writer's Fallout Shelter

HI, Tara!

I've discovered over the years that every writer has their own "method" of writing. Some can't write without an outline. Some can only write in pencil or when they're sitting in the library. I can say that every time I've known or heard of someone writing the sections that interest them the most and then trying to fill in, they've never finish the story. Where's the incentive?

Think of it this way: that scene that is just buzzing around in your head? That's your hot fudge sundae and the part that needs to be written in between where you are now and where the scene will go is the week of heavy dieting. Make writing that fun, beautiful, compelling scene your treat for getting your characters that far. And don't write scenes for the ending until you get there. Since your characters and your story change so much from start to finish in a story, by the time you get to the end, that scene very possibly won't work and then you'll have to do the hardest thing a writer is every called on to do: take the ax to your own work.

Remember, not every line of every section of your story must be witty and sparkling. Sometimes, the characters are slogging through miles of mud or waking up in pig pens or even city jail. Just get all of it down on paper and then you can REVISE.

I have complete a novel and am current finishing up my second with a third and fourth in the planning stages. It gets easier with every story I write and every chapter I finish. Try it. It's hard to make yourself write those bits in between but it does get easier and they are absolutely necessary.


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- Mort
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