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There are many ways we get stuck as authors.
Some ways you can get stuck is in the writing, editing, time management and making decisions areas.
Getting unstuck is much harder and yet easier than we think. Letting go of perceptions of our writing or our characters helped Trudi a great deal when she put off writing the last book in a series – for years!
Cheryl had to get past the fear of getting edits back and find a way to embrace the process to get them done.
For Shar, it’s being done with the book and accepting it. No one wants to put up sub-standard work and we all do our very best to make sure that happens, but agonizing over a book doesn’t move you forward.
We discuss how to do these things while facing fears and preconceptions, as well as the overwhelm of too many ideas and choices.
Some tools to help:
Plottr
Watching a program or reading a book that deals with plot holes or backstory that doesn’t feel forced, an info dump, or out of character.
The Last of US – recommended by Cheryl is a series that weaves in the backstory as part of each episode.
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There are many ways we get stuck as authors.
Some ways you can get stuck is in the writing, editing, time management and making decisions areas.
Getting unstuck is much harder and yet easier than we think. Letting go of perceptions of our writing or our characters helped Trudi a great deal when she put off writing the last book in a series – for years!
Cheryl had to get past the fear of getting edits back and find a way to embrace the process to get them done.
For Shar, it’s being done with the book and accepting it. No one wants to put up sub-standard work and we all do our very best to make sure that happens, but agonizing over a book doesn’t move you forward.
We discuss how to do these things while facing fears and preconceptions, as well as the overwhelm of too many ideas and choices.
Some tools to help:
Plottr
Watching a program or reading a book that deals with plot holes or backstory that doesn’t feel forced, an info dump, or out of character.
The Last of US – recommended by Cheryl is a series that weaves in the backstory as part of each episode.

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