"Impossible" Writing Projects
July 22nd 2010 20:56
"It always seems impossible until it is done."
Nelson Mandela
Do you have a writing project you think of as impossible? Why do you consider it impossible?
In most "impossible" cases, the solution is simple: You find a way to tackle the project and just get on with it. When it comes to writing projects, almost anything is possible. You just have to sit down and write.
Stories are patient, they don't insist on being finished in record time. Is it going to take you five years to write your first draft? Then that's how long it takes. The sooner you start, the sooner you'll get to the end of the five years.
Are your characters flat and not coming to life? Then spend more time fleshing them out.
Whatever your writing problem is, it's not going to be impossible to solve. If you want to write the story, you will find a way.
Nelson Mandela
Do you have a writing project you think of as impossible? Why do you consider it impossible?
In most "impossible" cases, the solution is simple: You find a way to tackle the project and just get on with it. When it comes to writing projects, almost anything is possible. You just have to sit down and write.
Stories are patient, they don't insist on being finished in record time. Is it going to take you five years to write your first draft? Then that's how long it takes. The sooner you start, the sooner you'll get to the end of the five years.
Are your characters flat and not coming to life? Then spend more time fleshing them out.
Whatever your writing problem is, it's not going to be impossible to solve. If you want to write the story, you will find a way.
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