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Timothy Hallinan - Writer's Resources. Sometimes a book goes stale.

Timothy Hallinan - Writer's Resources

This is not something you notice during one or two writing sessions. This is something that comes up again and again. Over the course of several days, maybe a week or more, it becomes progressively more difficult to summon up the enthusiasm you need to work on your book. Writing becomes drudgery. This can be serious . There are lots of reasons we can lose interest in what we're writing. If you're a new writer and you've never come up against the soul-sickening experience of losing interest in your book, let me suggest something to you. Writing is a combination of inspiration and gruntwork. So my first advice is just to keep writing. On the other hand, you may have a real problem. If you do, this is a great time for writing about your book. Grab some paper and a pen, or open a new file on your computer. Do a retroactive outline . Chances are that at some point you'll notice that some scenes are harder to synopsize than others.

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Poewar.com: Solutions For Writers. Confusing Words. Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers Links for Writers. For those who have asked and those who may, this collection of links for writers, researchers and the terminally curious is not, was never intended to be, and will never be the all-inclusive stash of every possible link fitting our slapdash criteria for what belongs here.

Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers Links for Writers

We select sites with some consideration and thought for usefulness, depth, interest and je ne sais quoi and we try not to offer fifty different links to "manuscript submission. " Sometimes we find a really cool site on a subject we already cover and mull over which link to keep and which to set free, sometimes we keep both and add a third. We lean toward linking to cool sites maintained by people we've met in the ether, but don't use a friend's site if there's a better site elsewhere. We don't link to just anybody and seldom link to commercial sites such as "Learn to Write in Five Days" or "We Will Publish Your Book" unless there is some -- no, make that a lot of -- free, useful content.

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