The Scary Parts of Writing (and Quick Fixes)
The Scary Parts of the Writing Life (and quick fixes)
You wake up with this idea that's so clever that you skip breakfast to rush to your writing desk. You type furiously while visions of that Pulitzer dance in your head. You stop. You re-read. You want to puke. You delete it all and now you're plain stumped for what--if anything--to write.
Or you’re under a big, hairy deadline, but then, 12 hours before submission time, your brain circuits all fizzle and blow. Oh. Hell.
What to Write When You Just Can't Write
Few of us live in a single-occupancy, write-all-day bubble. Most of us balance writing with a day job, a household, a host of deadlines. Many of us balance writing with a job and family responsibilities and volunteer work.
Add to this that, at least here in New England, there are winter days when it's hard to get out of our own way--let alone get creative.
When The Writing Life Turns Scary (Plus Some Fixes)
Vampires? Witches? Ghouls? Yes, they're Halloween scary (maybe), but they've got nothing on our spookiest writer moments.