Comments on: How to avoid writer’s block http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2010/06/06/how-to-avoid-writers-block/ The blog of the award-winning crime writer Matt Beynon Rees Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Matt Beynon Rees http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2010/06/06/how-to-avoid-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1756 Matt Beynon Rees Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:15:34 +0000 http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/?p=1142#comment-1756 It could be index cards; it could be a big whiteboard. You're right, Stewart: It simply has to be something in which you'll see the next, small step you need to take on the long road toward a finished book. Index cards are good because you can shuffle them around. They're also small, so when you sit down to write you won't be faced with an alarming amount of work. You'll also not be tempted to look further along your diagram or whiteboard. Just you and that one card. It could be index cards; it could be a big whiteboard. You’re right, Stewart: It simply has to be something in which you’ll see the next, small step you need to take on the long road toward a finished book. Index cards are good because you can shuffle them around. They’re also small, so when you sit down to write you won’t be faced with an alarming amount of work. You’ll also not be tempted to look further along your diagram or whiteboard. Just you and that one card.

]]> By: Stewart http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/2010/06/06/how-to-avoid-writers-block/comment-page-1/#comment-1732 Stewart Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:38:09 +0000 http://www.themanoftwistsandturns.com/?p=1142#comment-1732 Interesting post (which I found through SOHO). Although I don't think it necessarily has to be index-cards-or-failure, being organized and knowing where you want the story to go is definitely important. Your step-by-stepness is definitely helpful, though. Interesting post (which I found through SOHO).

Although I don’t think it necessarily has to be index-cards-or-failure, being organized and knowing where you want the story to go is definitely important. Your step-by-stepness is definitely helpful, though.

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