tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849921283789104026.post399254272646425844..comments2023-04-02T03:04:11.394-07:00Comments on Swallowing Frogs--And Other Hazards of Writing: Dear Writer's Block, It's Me, DeeD.B. Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16343535738566755079noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849921283789104026.post-88187690586602705832012-01-12T15:03:53.129-08:002012-01-12T15:03:53.129-08:00Thank you so much for the advice! I will find a c...Thank you so much for the advice! I will find a cache of experimental drugs at once--and perhaps use the walls to write my masterpiece on. I'm sure my friends will help in the endeavor. If they don't stage an intervention first.<br /><br />On the other hand, your second suggestion is wise, but also much, much trickier. I think it's hard to know when to step back from the game plan and recognize that the story needs to change. I appreciate the advice to have someone read it--I feel so embarrassed that my first draft has so far to go, I have to push myself to share anything. I'm glad having a writing buddy has helped you. I'm having a hard time finding someone I trust enough to feel that exposed with. How did you come across your reader-friend? What qualities should I look for in a writing partner?D.B. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343535738566755079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7849921283789104026.post-17726215922023038292012-01-12T07:58:37.380-08:002012-01-12T07:58:37.380-08:00Writer's block sucks, but it is inevitable. My...Writer's block sucks, but it is inevitable. My advice is to try a large amount of experimental drugs and see if you gain some sort of clarity. Other than that, it has been very helpful to me to have a reader, or a co-writer of sorts, who can kind of inject the material with some ideas from a different angle. I know it can be hard to get out of the frame of mind of what WE, the writer, were PLANNING. But that's exactly what the problem is. Obviously what we were planning isn't going to work anymore, and we are just not reconciling that in our brains. It can also be hard to share work, especially first drafts, but opening myself up to that has totally changed my productivity. Sometimes it just takes your friend giving you a few keywords or an idea for the beginning of a chapter to, like you said, get you into it and keep it going.Jessica Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612727090262735549noreply@blogger.com