Mike's Writing Journey for April 2009

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Mike's Writing Journey:

April 2009

I am a writer, and this is the story of my journey.

4/15 - Just sucking it up - I hit a point in my writing where I started to hit the wall. I didn't know what came next, the next chapter just felt really boring, and I thought the story was going nowhere. After talking with some other aspiring novelists, they too have hit the wall.

But I decided to just suck it up and write the next chapter. I tuned out the inner critic who kept telling me it was boring and stupid and just wrote it anyway. Who knows, maybe it is boring and stupid, but it got me past the sticking point to a point that was exciting and action paced. Maybe in a few months after I look back and see that work in a new light during the revision phase the chapter might be different.

But my point is this: when you hit the wall and your inner critic is yelling at you full volume and you think that the story won't go anywhere else, just keep writing. Write a scene, no matter how boring or ordinary it is. Just keep writing. And suck it up.

Want more? - See last month's entries in the March 2009 Writing Blog!

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