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There will inevitably be a few times while writing your novel when you just want to give up, not because you don’t know what to create, but because it’s just gotten too hard. You have too much else to do, you’re tired, you’ve had a long week at work—whatever it may be, there will always be a reason not to write. Ultimately, these reasons are
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In the case of my novel, The Bright Forever , I wanted to propel the reader and myself along a trail of mystery, so I opened by having a character say this, "I'm not saying I didn't do it. I don't know." Hmm...what's the it , and why wouldn't he know whether he was the responsible party? And if he didn't do it, who might have? All these questions... See more
Lee Martin
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I don't know about you, but I'd prefer a more practical strategy for getting the job done than just imagining I could get to the end by putting numbers on blank pages. My own experience with writing novels tells me that the first steps onto the page begin to lay out a trail I can follow as I go. I'm convinced we can learn to let our novels write... See more
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The monks made an altar near one of the walls and the relief of the stone resembled a holy image. Later, local masters painted an icon upon it, but the paint inexplicably vanished within a matter of days. And it vanished every time the image was painted.
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Florence likes to trick herself. She does it with a blue pen, writing what she calls little “self dares of truth”, reassuring herself that she won’t show them to anyone. “Shh, it’s OK, it’s just us...”
Florence Welch: ‘I wonder sometimes, did I dream too big?’
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”