Comments on: You Ask, We Answer: Send Us Your Questions! http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2009/12/17/you-ask-we-answer-send-us-your-questions/ Living and loving the freelance life—on your own terms. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: LindaFormichelli http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2009/12/17/you-ask-we-answer-send-us-your-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-166673 LindaFormichelli Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:50:24 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=1583#comment-166673 Jill, thank you for the great advice! Jill, thank you for the great advice!

]]> By: Jill, The Veggie Queen http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2009/12/17/you-ask-we-answer-send-us-your-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-166626 Jill, The Veggie Queen Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:01:51 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=1583#comment-166626 I rarely get writer's block but recently did for an article assignment that was less than inspiring, and for which I felt a bit insecure. Both of those things made it tough to write my 250 word story. To get over it, I just started writing the facts and slowly the article came together. While I was doing it, I accepted the fact that maybe it wouldn't be the best piece I ever wrote but at least it would be done. I would then be free to write more of what I truly enjoy. I just had to prove to myself that I could do it. So, I suggest, as Linda does, just write something, it will change what happens. I rarely get writer’s block but recently did for an article assignment that was less than inspiring, and for which I felt a bit insecure. Both of those things made it tough to write my 250 word story.

To get over it, I just started writing the facts and slowly the article came together. While I was doing it, I accepted the fact that maybe it wouldn’t be the best piece I ever wrote but at least it would be done. I would then be free to write more of what I truly enjoy.

I just had to prove to myself that I could do it. So, I suggest, as Linda does, just write something, it will change what happens.

]]> By: LindaFormichelli http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2009/12/17/you-ask-we-answer-send-us-your-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-166386 LindaFormichelli Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:57:05 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=1583#comment-166386 Don, I'll have to do some thinking on that! There are two posts (in the sidebar on the right side of this page) about how to slog your way through boring assignments that might apply. But the only time I have writer's block is when I'm working on an article lede...and then I simply start in the middle of the article and come back to the lede at the end. By then, a lede will often come naturally from the rest of the article. Don, I’ll have to do some thinking on that! There are two posts (in the sidebar on the right side of this page) about how to slog your way through boring assignments that might apply. But the only time I have writer’s block is when I’m working on an article lede…and then I simply start in the middle of the article and come back to the lede at the end. By then, a lede will often come naturally from the rest of the article.

]]> By: Don F Perkins http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2009/12/17/you-ask-we-answer-send-us-your-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-166361 Don F Perkins Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:36:34 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=1583#comment-166361 Hi Linda Got any ideas for writer's block? I feel so uninspired sometimes! Don F Perkins Hi Linda

Got any ideas for writer’s block? I feel so uninspired sometimes!

Don F Perkins

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