Unblock
Writer's Block
How
to face it, deal with it and overcome it.
With
over 70 writing exercises to get
you started and keep you writing
"Writer's
block is a phony,
made up, BS excuse for not doing your work."
- Jerry Seinfeld
If
you have writer’s block, or are having difficulty writing,
then this book should help you beat back whatever is blocking you, get
you writing and keep you
writing.
The exercises in
this book--there
are
over 70 of them--will help
you move beyond your block, and write, write, write.
If you feel as if you are stuck in a prisoner’s block, then
consider this book a set of tools baked in a cake and delivered to your
cell. They will help you break out of the block, so you will be free to
write again.
If you use the tools in this book and put pen to paper or fingers to
keyboard, letters will appear. And some of those letters will form
words. And some of those words will form sentences. And some of those
sentences will form paragraphs. And so on and so on...
And here you thought you were blocked! So get ready to buckle down and
write! (See table of contents below.)
"Paul Lima's
exercises for overcoming writer's block are excellent. I recommend this
book to any writer. Don't sit down at the typewriter (or computer)
without it!"
– Tony Levelle, freelance writer
"I received this book free of charge from the author in return for a
review. Lima talks directly to the reader. He gives a
lot of
specific instructions and even tells you when to do them, for example
to put down the book, do a writing exercise and then return to the
book. Lima also addresses the difference between writer's block and
procrastination. With the wide variety of exercises that Lima proposes
and his go-to attitude I now have no choice but to return to writing a
short story I had given up on. This book is a must read for anyone who
has a partly completed manuscript lying in a drawer or languishing on a
computer." - Steve
G
About the Author
As
someone who has been writing for over 40 years, has been paid to write
for over 35 years, and has taught writing for over 25 years, Paul Lima
knows what it takes to start writing and to keep on
writing.
He is the author
of 20
books, including the best
selling How to Write a
Non-fiction Book in 60 Days.
Four of his books are now used as University textbooks. Paul
is
also a freelance writer and business writing instructor.
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Table
of Contents
- Introduction
-
Yes, you can write
- Why
writing exercises?
- How
the exercises work
- Getting
Emotional
- Face
the Blank Page:
Freefall
- Face
the Blank Page:
Directed Freefall
- Clustering
(Word
Association)
- Why
Change?
- Journey
through
Childhood I
- Journey
through
Childhood II
- What
if?
- Modelling
to Write
- Look
Who’s
Talking
- Characters
of Fiction
- Show
Versus Tell
- Critiquing
and Editing
- Leading
Up to
Something
- Chunking,
or Create
an Outline
- Bonus
Exercises
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