Beating Writers’ Block 1. Drop back and punt. Re-read the last page you wrote, or the last chapter, or as much as you have to, to get back the feel of the writing. Some writers recommend re-typing a few pages to prime the pump. 2.…
Tag: the writing process
Not his actual psyche; I mean that the last time Charlie and I watched a DVD of Joseph Campbell talking about the Psyche, I took notes. And here they are. Illustrated. Notes on Joseph Campbell’s Psyche The ego is represented as a box because it…
I agree with most of Mark Twain‘s advice to writers, but not all of it. Please bear in mind that this advice was given specifically in the context of Twain’s pillorying of the writing of James Fenimore Cooper, whose writing Twain detested. Of course, Twain…