Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Lesson 10: Breaking the Log Jam
Are you stuck? In a rut? Being crushed by a gigantic writers’ block?
Maybe you know more than you think you do. Consider asking your characters for help. Consider having one of your characters ask another character for help. Set up a little interview between two of your characters. It could look something like this.
ROMEO: Just what do you think could happen to us?
JULIET: Oh, a great love. And a great tragedy. Or something like that.
ROMEO: How do you feel about poison?
Are you stuck? In a rut? Being crushed by a gigantic writers’ block?
Maybe you know more than you think you do. Consider asking your characters for help. Consider having one of your characters ask another character for help. Set up a little interview between two of your characters. It could look something like this.
ROMEO: Just what do you think could happen to us?
JULIET: Oh, a great love. And a great tragedy. Or something like that.
ROMEO: How do you feel about poison?
