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    Writer's Block: The Top Ten Best Methods For Overcoming Writer's Block and Increasing Your Creative Productivity
    Writer's Block: The Top Ten Best Methods For Overcoming Writer's Block and Increasing Your Creative Productivity
    Writer's Block: The Top Ten Best Methods For Overcoming Writer's Block and Increasing Your Creative Productivity
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    Writer's Block: The Top Ten Best Methods For Overcoming Writer's Block and Increasing Your Creative Productivity

    By C.J. Anaya

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    Do you want to learn how to stop worrying and start writing that #1 bestselling book? Do you have an amazing idea for a novel, but you can't seem to push through your own mental blocks and put pen to paper? 

    Authors everywhere may struggle with the much dreaded and sometimes misunderstood malady that plagues even the most seasoned writers from time to time. Yes. I'm talking about writer's block. 

    Insert desperate gasp here. 

    Whether you're a beginning writer or an author who already knows exactly how to write a book and has several books under his/her belt, getting stuck in your story can occur at the most inconvenient moments. (Let's be honest. When is writer's block ever convenient?) The writing exercises, tips, and tricks an author uses to push through such mental blocks determines how fast they recover and continue on toward literary greatness...or at the very least one entertaining story. 

    Those tips and tricks are exactly what this short read provides. In this book you'll learn: 


    • The different types of writer's block and what may be stopping you from writing.
    • The possible excuses, distractions, and unimportant tasks that are eating up your time.
    • The top 10 best methods for overcoming writer's block.
    • Different ways to become inspired and more productive.

    Employ one or all of these writing prompts and exercises to catapult your sluggish writing into a story that flows from sentence, to paragraph, to page, to...well, you get the idea. Learn how to stop worrying and start writing again with this informative and insightful book. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherC.J. Anaya
    Release dateJul 18, 2016
    ISBN9781536564617
    Writer's Block: The Top Ten Best Methods For Overcoming Writer's Block and Increasing Your Creative Productivity

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      Writer's Block - C.J. Anaya

      Writer’s Block

      The Top 10 Best Methods For Overcoming Writer's Block And Increasing Your Creative Productivity

      by C.J. Anaya

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      Introduction

      Writer’s block is a balloon term for many different types of creative blockages authors experience when they sit down to write. Questions, thoughts, doubts, and fears go through their minds which prevent them from accomplishing their tasks.

      What should I write about? I have so many ideas in my head. Should I do this story line or that one? Should I do one book or a series?

      How should I start? Do I start with a Table of Contents or an outline? Or maybe I should write the chapter titles first. But then, if I do a series I need to have the ideas for each book so I know where to start and stop.

      Should I add an acknowledgments page? There are so many people that I could acknowledge, how would I know which ones to put in and which ones to leave out?

      What will I write in my bio? I’m a nobody! What could I possibly say?

      Should this be a memoir, fiction, non-fiction, or

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