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Q&A Overcoming "Possibility Paralysis"?

I don't often experience writer's block these days. Instead I struggle with a different sort of impediment in my writing: I call it Possibility Paralysis. I have to quickly acknowledge that this i...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Brian Lacy‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What techniques do you use to maintain your writing focus and maximise your productivity?

How do you keep writing no matter what’s going on around you? How do you avoid the distractions of social media, that dishwasher that needs unloading, that wash that needs putting on, that cup of ...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Dealing with inability to sustain interest in an idea

I frequently have the problem of starting a story with an idea—either one recently conceived or one held in mind for months, even years—only to find it bland or boring after a day or so and abandon...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user289661‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does visualization form intuitions, or do intuitions lead to visualization? [closed]

When I get an idea from something, it feels like sometimes an abstract, inexplicable intuition leads to a concrete visualization (and a chain of logic), and sometimes it's the visualization and the...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by グルメ‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Are readers tolerant of unique and bizarre character Names? [closed]

I'm trying to refine a name for my main character and characters in general but I will be focusing on my MC for the example of this question. My question is: What criteria would make a name hard fo...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Seann Powell‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How long should it take to Revise/Edit to get to Good Enough?

Editing, to focus my question a bit. My goal is to turn a book around from concept to publishable in a 2 year time period. Currently the plan is to write a draft in a year and revise the following,...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Kirk‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Is writing in fragments bad practice?

Occasionally, it feels easier to write individual scenes of a prose and later connect them somehow. Does this method have any significant benefit and/or throwback over the regular "perpetual" way?

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Zoltán Schmidt‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What do you do to prevent dips during which you're not writing anything?

I'm currently a student and I write non-fiction every day. I've committed myself to writing 1000 words every day, and I am successfully doing this. However, I'm trying to improve a particular asp...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by user56834‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Does anyone have experience with using dictation software for creative writing?

How does it change the writing process? Any suggestions on the various dictation software available?

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Miss Fluffytail‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A What other kinds of writers are there besides plotters and pantsers?

In a comment to an answer of mine Mark Baker has suggested that the common, dichotomous view of writers as either "plotters" or "pantsers" or something of both might not be complete and that there ...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A I'm not enjoying my attempt at a science-fiction novella; should I continue?

I'm only 12, and I've been writing seriously since last year. I tried writing a novel before (I wrote only 5 chapters; I gave up later due to time constraints). I've written a couple of short stori...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Soha Farhin Pine‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to structure the text when describing the steps of a procedure which has simultaneous processes?

I have to further explain my intent here. I'm writing down some procedures in operating manuals and servicing manuals. I mostly use numbered lists and sometimes just bulleted lists. Recently I star...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Montag451‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How to juggle work and NaNoWriMo?

I love to participate in NaNoWriMo, but this year for the first time I'll have a full-time job during November. Is it feasible to write less on weekdays and "make up" for it on the weekend? Should ...

0 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Yamikuronue‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I create my own deadline?

I'm very responsible when I'm writing a tech book or article under contract. I have a deadline, my editor is expecting my work, and I turn it in on time. Sometimes I put it off a bit, but I pride m...

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Lynn Beighley‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭