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The dreaded internal editor
I met with someone the other day who brought up an interesting point. What do you do when you can’t turn off the internal editor? When she/he is ruining all attempts to get words written? Here’s what I do: Black out your computer screen. If you can’t see the words, you’ll be less tempted to…
The Princess Bride Character Motivation
The Princess Bride has a little bit of everything. Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love, etc. It also has Motivation, Goals and Conflict (especially conflict.) In my mind, Motivation is the most important of the three. A man can have a goal of climbing Mt. Everest or landing a sailfish in the Caribbean, but until…
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Stuck? In life? On the page? There’s an app for that
Stuck? If you’re the owner of an iPad, you’re in luck in getting unstuck. Whether personally or professionally, this app is great for diagnosing your problem, getting to the root cause and giving you manageable, workable action steps to get unstuck. If you’re a writer, have your characters answer various questions to give you…
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