tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450527233120751380.post369323161638418330..comments2023-11-21T16:45:50.275-06:00Comments on Writer Granny's World by Nancy Julien Kopp: This Time It's Me Who Needs AdviceNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09160717876156540393noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450527233120751380.post-62813782885299593662015-03-21T21:36:41.005-05:002015-03-21T21:36:41.005-05:00Thanks Tracy. I've been working on this mental...Thanks Tracy. I've been working on this mentally and it's slowly coming around.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160717876156540393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450527233120751380.post-55147933225353353992015-03-21T19:02:27.722-05:002015-03-21T19:02:27.722-05:00I am a day (or two?) late, but here's somethin...I am a day (or two?) late, but here's something I sometimes do when I'm stuck like this. Forget about writing the story, but write what the story is going to be about. (kind of the reverse of show, don't tell?) It's just a slight change of perspective that somehow frees me up to get the words on paper. These are the three incidents that are going to be part of the story, and then Tracy Million Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07566716982333768811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1450527233120751380.post-89233916731595710372015-03-21T18:57:22.300-05:002015-03-21T18:57:22.300-05:00I'm a day (or two?) late, but something I do w...I'm a day (or two?) late, but something I do when I find myself stuck is tell myself that I'm going to forget about writing the story, I'm just going to write about what the story is going to be about. It's just a slight shift of perspective. This is not the story, but the story is going to be about... I would write about each of the incidents, and then ponder, in writing, how Tracy Million Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07566716982333768811noreply@blogger.com