Episode 4: Just Get it on the Page!
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Writer's block! We get it, you get it, everyone gets it. This week we discuss our favorite antidotes for the ever-frustrating writer's block, as well as gab about writing whether you feel like it or not.
Word of the week: Antipodes (an-TIP-uh-deez) - The parts of the earth that are diametrically opposite OR the exact opposite or contrary
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SHOWNOTES:
00:01 - 3:23 : Inro and word of the week
3:23 - 9:59 : Even if it's crap, just get it on the page
10:00 - 23:16 : Making time to write
23:17 - 27:15 : "Just sit in the chair" method
27:16 - 30:20 : Balance in all things
30:21 - 33:30 : A few tips for dealing with writer's block:
- Read other stuff (33:31 - 35:02)
- Change your surroundings (35:03 - 37:02)
- Employ some good ol' self discipline (37:03 - 38:11)
- Get some exercise (38:12 - 43:50)
- Change your tools (43:51 - 50:55)
- If all else fails, take a shower! (50:56 - 53:42)
53:43 - 57:05 : Comic Sans and plot count!? Notabit.
57:06 - 1:01:51 Hot drinks and haiku
Haiku:
A warm summer breeze
Through the window where I write,
My tea forgotten.
-April
A teacup, cooled
Distant laughter is heard
From the next room.
-Andrea
Intro sound effects used with permission from freesound.org and provided by: fellwell5, kgatto, inspectorj, stubb, stu556
Intro piano music composed by Andrea M Grafton
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