Virginia
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Laurie Halse Anderson:
Hi! I'm currently writing a book, and I was wondering if you had any tips for curing writers' block?
Laurie Halse Anderson
How to cure writer's block:
1. Stop trying to write perfectly. Writing is messy and sometimes awkward. Write a mess and clean it up in revision.
2. Give yourself room for more brainstorming. You might be having a temporary lapse of imagination. Make up more stuff.
3. Give yourself more time. Each book takes the time that it requires. Writers must bend to the demands of the book, not the other way around.
4. Take a walk. Or a swim, or a run, or a roll, in you use a wheelchair. Do some kind of easy exercise away from the keyboard to refresh your body and mind. It worked for Charles Dickens....
5. Read other books. Writers need to be reading everyday, fueling their minds with words and images.
1. Stop trying to write perfectly. Writing is messy and sometimes awkward. Write a mess and clean it up in revision.
2. Give yourself room for more brainstorming. You might be having a temporary lapse of imagination. Make up more stuff.
3. Give yourself more time. Each book takes the time that it requires. Writers must bend to the demands of the book, not the other way around.
4. Take a walk. Or a swim, or a run, or a roll, in you use a wheelchair. Do some kind of easy exercise away from the keyboard to refresh your body and mind. It worked for Charles Dickens....
5. Read other books. Writers need to be reading everyday, fueling their minds with words and images.
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Cheizong
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Laurie Halse Anderson:
Hi Laurie, so I am an ordinary high school student and right now in Language Arts. Right now we are reading speak and my teacher wants us to look for answers on how you found the stuff you did. So my question is what did you have to research in order to write this book? Did you have to look through plenty of stuff? Or was some of it from personal experience? I would really love to know, thank you.
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