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May 25 07 1:32 PM

I get this problem a LOT! However, I found that my own Muse is easily fooled.

You see, when I'm stuck on a particular story or plot-point that I can't work past, I'll pick up a short story or start a new article - anything to distract my pesky Muse. Then - half way through the new piece - my Muse will suddenly turn up with something to get me back into the original piece I was stuck on and off I go again.

Another tactic I use to fool my Muse into playing nicely is to write "blah blah blah this bit happens here" (literally!) over the boring bits in the plot. Leave a couple of blank lines here and move onto the next 'fun' scene to write.

It means going back and editing quite a bit, but those blank sections cause my Muse to think hard about what I should be really putting in there to replace the blanks. When I do get back into writing them they seem to flow nicely because I've already written the part after it.

Of course every writer is different, so experiment and see what works for you.


Lee

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