Face the Daunting Page Like the Kick-ass Writer You Are

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You’re fired up, ready to write.

You dash to your desk, open your computer (or notebook), all set to go.

And there you sit. Hands on keys, or fingers gripping a pen. But nothing is happening.

Sometimes, despite the best of intentions, it is really hard to get words on the page. Whether you are are facing the blank page (a new book, chapter, scene) or you’re in the middle of something (book, chapter, scene), sometimes the words just don’t come.

And that damned page looks oh so daunting.

The Cure

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But, never fear, help is at hand.

First of all, remember this: the only way out is through. The only way around this is to write.

Yeah, I know, sorry. But that’s the truth. The only way out is to write. And so our job is to figure out how to get those words on the page. That’s the rub. That’s what makes writing so hard…..and also so easy.

Because in the end, and the beginning, and the middle, it is only and all about the writing. I know, I’ve said that several times now, but it bears…