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Comment by Natjazzmine on July 6, 2009 at 12:59pm

Hi Antoinette,
I find that listening to music really helps me flow when I am writing. I also tend to write better a particular time between 10pm - 1am. I don't know if you do this to help the creativity process, but as i write a tend to see my charecters as if i'm watching a movie.
i hope that makes sense :-)

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Comment by Red Butterfly on July 6, 2009 at 12:30pm

I also found that when I read books by others I am able to get a sense for the amount of details that I needed to add to the story as well. I also found that when I have I have alone time or quiet time I concentrate on the characters and try to envision what I would like to see them doing. If I am not near my computer I try to take notes. I keep notebooks everywhere. Hope this helps too.

Comment by Antoinette Corbin on July 6, 2009 at 12:08pm

Thanks so much for the advice, Jessica, I appreciate it. I'm still working on that info, I should have something very shortly.

Comment by Jessica Barrow on July 6, 2009 at 12:07pm

Hey Antoinette!

I personally know how that feels. The only thing I can recommend is this--someone once told me that we find a way to make time for thngs that really matter to us. So if you really want to write, you have to make time for it. One thing I do is whenever my husband has a day off, I have him watch the kids, and I take my laptop and go sit at Barnes & Noble all day long, writing and reading. A good way to get over writer's block is to pick up someone else's book, scan their ideas, then add tweaks to what they came up with and create your own, unique story. Hope this helps.

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Comment by Antoinette Corbin on June 28, 2009 at 7:46pm

Hi all. I have such a bad case of writer's block until I'm just posting a comment. My issue is letting stress consume me and my focus on my work. How can I regain my focus and keep my mind on my writing, when something is always going on around me and I can't get a break?

Comment by Red Butterfly on June 25, 2009 at 10:32am

Shermaine make sure that you give yourself a reasonable amount of time and try to make your goals shorter . This will make the process easier. I can't give myself a certain amount of pages to write that day either and I am constantly rewriting. I know how special I want my book to be so I dont want to rush it

Comment by Shermaine Davis on June 25, 2009 at 8:00am

I haven't read through all of the comments, but my issue is staying on schedule. I want to get my book complete and I know I really should be writing x number of pages per day, but I can't seem to stay on track. This pushes my finish date back continuously. Any suggestions???

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