3 More Mistakes that Cause Writer's Block
When we’re browsing for
information to help our own particular problems, we reach for the weighty
titles, the ones that analyze to the nth degree and provide six or seven or
thirteen examples. That kind of information scan would miss Judy Delton’s
surprisingly valuable little guidebook The 29 Most Common Writing Mistakes
and How to Avoid Them.
My own bookshelf, physical
and electronic, is scant on information about Writer’s Block. That doesn’t mean
I haven’t suffered from it, the way many writers have. Most of my earlier years
when I plunged into Writer’s Block, I denied that I had it. It was the great
“unmentioned unmentionable” such as Erle Stanley Gardner must have faced. … I,
too, have looked for processes to spin out a plot or delve into characters. I
haven’t gone as far as to create a 15-page outline or 7 Plot Wheels. Nor have I
looked for a variety of information on Writer’s Block and how to overcome it.
I’ve simply prayed for the
opportunities when my writing flows out so easily and hoped, after a stoppage,
that I can return to that flowing. I have learned that writing every day
prevents Writer’s Block.
If we don’t admit to Writer’s
Block, can we overcome it? Most of us think we can, simply by ignoring it, keeping
it unmentioned and unacknowledged … at least, that’s what we think.
The real, actual, only thing that we can do to Defeat Writer’s Block is act upon our Will to Write.
I’m not certain that Judy
Delton’s little guidebook can be found. It’s not from a major publisher
although Writer’s Digest Books is certainly well-known. An internet search
turns up cached pages offering the book at used book dealers like Thrift Books
and ebay, but the first two that I clicked only catalogued the book; it wasn’t
in stock.
Anyway, on to part 2 of
“Avoid These Mistakes” when attempting to find the impetus to Defeat Writer’s
Block.
TIMINGS
- 00:00 Welcome
- 00:40 Introduction
- 03:05 Delton’s 5th Mistake to Avoid
- 07:25 Her 21st Mistake to Avoid
- 11:07 Bridge thru Guidebook / More Advice than on Writer’s Block
- 17:05 Last Words / Closing
Total Run Time :: 19:23
Delton, Judy. The 29 Most
Common Writing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. Writer’s Digest Books, 1985.
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