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Q&A Procrastination on a Crucial Scene in my Book

I think there are two reasons you might be procrastinating on the scene: You are afraid of doing it wrong (in that case follow Lauren Ipsum's advice). It's boring and you don't feel like writing ...

posted 11y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Alexandro Chen‭ · 2019-12-08T03:12:03Z (almost 5 years ago)
I think there are two reasons you might be procrastinating on the scene:

1. You are afraid of doing it wrong (in that case follow Lauren Ipsum's advice).
2. It's boring and you don't feel like writing it.

If it's the second choice I suggest the following:

a. **Remove the scene.** I know it hurts. But something I realized is that progress is not how many words you write, but how many _decisions_ you make for your story. Removing a complete scene is a very big decision. Hence an important one. (But since you said it's a crucial scene, maybe this isn't the case.)

b. **Change the scene so it becomes fun/exciting to write.** In the past I procrastinated on various scenes. Later I realized it was because I felt they were cliched/boring. Once I came up with a new and exciting way of writing them I couldn't stop.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-11-18T15:00:53Z (about 11 years ago)
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