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I used to get stuck on the first line of a story until I tried a trick from a 1998 writing book.
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jordan65311d ago
Oh man, that blank page is the worst. Totally get that. I read something similar once about just writing a terrible first sentence on purpose, like "It was a dark and stormy night and the guy was sad," just to get past the block. Honestly, it works way better than staring at the cursor. That little permission to be bad at the start gets everything moving.
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wesleyjohnson11d agoMost Upvoted
My writing teacher called that a vomit draft.
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