...revise... revising... re-visualize - to re see... to see again... how can you see again with fres eyes... ?... take a walk... move... release... handstands... drop backs... hot cold shower... fast... jumping jacks... come back to your writing... re-read it.. revise...
...there are method to revision... triage method... there is the reading of the plot structure... the one page that you use as a blueprint to give you a sense of where you are going or would like to go... and then you compare this with where you are at at this point.. how does this chapter, this scene serve the overall goalls of the story... there is the using of check lists: are you hitting the senses...?... is there enough distinction in voice from one character to another?... is there clear conflict... is there anticipation... dread... immersion... and then resolve that only leads to a new conflict... this should be foremost... this constant going through the wringer... the working to untangle.. the untangling to find only a larger web...
...if you are struggling to get into your writing... to get back in... use the 2 minute rule... start with a quick 2 minute free write... start with a quick plot exercise... where you build conflict... work towards it... resolve only to find greater issue... do blueprint exercises using different plot outlines... do quick sensory freewriting exercises... do show don't tells...
...then build on this... have these exercises available.. easy to find and see and thus work on,.. have it as post its on your laptop... architecture it to be visible...
...then Work... do it now...
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