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Tips on: getting unstuck

Moving story pieces

A tip about strengthening a story by reordering the story

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The imagination muscle

A tip about building a rippling “imagination muscle”

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“He tripped.”

A tip about short sentences, how much they matter, and how easy they make writing feel

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Accidents welcome

A tip about the good fortune in accidents

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See what arrives to empty spaces

A tip about letting empty spaces fill on their own

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A costume for writing

A tip about getting into character by getting into a costume

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Become a favorite character and begin!

A tip about calling on a favorite character for help

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When you dislike what you wrote, Chapter I

A tip about the different signals a writer may hear as he works on a story

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When you dislike what you wrote, Chapter II

A tip about about tuning out the second signal

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