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Steven Lyle Jordan · 10-03-2011, 04:16 PM

I've never had writer's block... just writer's disinterest ("I just don't feel like writing right now"). When I'm ready, I don't have a problem writing.

I attribute this to creating detailed outlines and notes before I write, getting the major (and most of the minor) pieces together before you start on the real manuscript. Then once you start, your outline tells you where to go, and you can concentrate on being creative along the way... or just pound out the scene, and be creative during later re-editing passes.

10-03-2011, 04:16 PM	#60
Steven Lyle Jordan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,478 Karma: 5171130 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: none	I've never had writer's block... just writer's disinterest ("I just don't feel like writing right now"). When I'm ready, I don't have a problem writing. I attribute this to creating detailed outlines and notes before I write, getting the major (and most of the minor) pieces together before you start on the real manuscript. Then once you start, your outline tells you where to go, and you can concentrate on being creative along the way... or just pound out the scene, and be creative during later re-editing passes.