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Chapter Thirty-Two: How to Finish That First Draft

One thing I encounter when teaching new writers is the misperception that writing can only happen in moments of inspiration or when “the muse” arrives. This is simply not true; as I mentioned in the previous chapters, your brain can be trained to write on demand... through simple commitment and time spent in practice.

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Chapter Thirty-One: Surviving the Suck

Somewhere in the writing process—generally toward the middle of a story—many writers encounter a phenomenon which is the opposite of flow . It’s a painful, drudging sensation where every single word

 
 
 
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