I'm not one to provide sound advice on these matters, because *ahem* I take about nine months to write one rubbish chapter, but... here are some things that have been slowly having an effect on me:
(1) Don't make writing your number one priority. I actually got this advice from a freelancing website in an article on how to stay productive. If you're like me, you're going to procrastinate on whatever has the most pressure on your to-do list. So don't make it writing... make it washing some underpants, or cleaning the precarious stack of dishes in the kitchen. Then when you write, you still get that little guilty buzz of putting off the thing that's been irking you for weeks.
(2) Get outside. About 90% of all my plots and plot breakthroughs have come from taking my horse for a walk in the forest, or going for a run around the lake. I find getting away from all this bleak technology does wonders for my creative drive.
(3) My favourite: National Novel Writing Month. This puppy teaches you to write BALLS TO THE WALL. 50,000 words in 30 days. You don't have time for writer's block. It's not meant to get you from zero to a publishable manuscript (although for some lucky bastards, it does)... it's meant to teach you how to write when you think you can't. I figure if I do it eleven more times, I'll finally get over my hang-ups and learn how to just write. But for now, it's certainly taught me that there's only one way to get it done, and that's to write now, edit later!
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(1) Don't make writing your number one priority. I actually got this advice from a freelancing website in an article on how to stay productive. If you're like me, you're going to procrastinate on whatever has the most pressure on your to-do list. So don't make it writing... make it washing some underpants, or cleaning the precarious stack of dishes in the kitchen. Then when you write, you still get that little guilty buzz of putting off the thing that's been irking you for weeks.
(2) Get outside. About 90% of all my plots and plot breakthroughs have come from taking my horse for a walk in the forest, or going for a run around the lake. I find getting away from all this bleak technology does wonders for my creative drive.
(3) My favourite: National Novel Writing Month. This puppy teaches you to write BALLS TO THE WALL. 50,000 words in 30 days. You don't have time for writer's block. It's not meant to get you from zero to a publishable manuscript (although for some lucky bastards, it does)... it's meant to teach you how to write when you think you can't. I figure if I do it eleven more times, I'll finally get over my hang-ups and learn how to just write. But for now, it's certainly taught me that there's only one way to get it done, and that's to write now, edit later!
Good luck! We need to see more from you! :D