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GETTING OVER WRITER’S BLOCK: LISTEN TO YOUR CHARACTERS

By: Karen Woodward @woodwardkaren

Yesterday I wrote about world building because I was stuck on my WIP. I thought world building was my problem but it wasn't. I wasn't listening to my characters.

I'm writing a murder mystery and the problem was that I couldn't get my sleuth to talk.

I'd written practically all the murderer's scenes up to the midpoint and had a good outline for where I would go after that, but I was nervous because I'd only written one scene with the sleuth and that scene was mediocre.

I loved my murderer with all his flaws, I felt I knew him. He was the hero of his own story, but he'd made some bad decisions. The sleuth, on the other hand, hid behind a veil. I couldn't reach him, couldn't understand him.

It was a problem, especially since I have a schedule and a daily word count and I just can't afford this thing called 'being blocked'.

Well ... 

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1. Getting Over Writer's Block: Listen To Your Characters http://ow.ly/likLr via @woodwardkaren
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3. Is The Muse Upon You? http://ow.ly/lgtZf via @diannedharman
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5. When Your Character Makes the Wrong Choice http://ow.ly/lhcZb  via @KMWeiland
6. B.I.C. (Bum in Chair) http://ow.ly/lhdao via Writer Unboxed
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9. Wednesday Mailbag: Answers to 18 Self-Publishing Questions http://ow.ly/lhdQB via @jfbookman
10. Notes from Tabor Lane: Today's Links to Writing & Marketing Blog Posts http://ow.ly/lhemo
11. Shift Syntax to Strengthen Sentences http://ow.ly/lhlNN via Daily Writing Tips
12. “3 Reasons for Social Media” ~ by Corey Smith http://ow.ly/lihPk
13. World Building Tips Learned at the Louvre http://ow.ly/lijEK via @Janice_Hardy
14. Advice for trad. published writers now interested in self-pub: http://t.co/BEOsldchGT @jamesscottbell RT @elizabethscraig
15. Trading favors and our integrity: http://t.co/uqb4LDW4Cn @KSElliott_Shark RT @elizabethscraig
16. 5 Classic Character Archetypes in Epic Storytelling http://ow.ly/lilhq
17. Writing Tool: WorkFlowy http://ow.ly/lilrl "...makes brainstorming ridiculously easy"
18. Amazon Launches Kindle Worlds, New Fan Fiction Platform for Indie Authors http://ow.ly/lim5G 

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