Avoid these Mistakes, part B ~ from Judy Delton
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 in normal book outlets. 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
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00:38
Introduction
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03:07
Delton’s 5th Mistake to Avoid
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07:25
Her 21st Mistake to Avoid
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10:13
Bridge thru Guidebook / More Advice than on Writer’s Block
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17:10
Last Words / Closing
Total Run Time :: 18:57
SOURCE
Delton, Judy. The
29 Most Common Writing Mistakes and How to Avoid Them. Writer’s Digest
Books, 1985.
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