Marching is the technique of starting on page one and then writing your first draft from beginning to end, all in chronological order. Like someone marching along, you keep putting one foot in front of the other, forcing yourself on until the job is done.
Don’t get stuck trying to conform your writing to every piece of advice you hear, even if it comes from an impressive source. Assess your work for problem areas, seek out potential solutions, find the one that works, and repeat.
There are many things we can do to help those around us, and one of the simplest is simply to stay home, self-isolating whenever possible. There are a hundred unique challenges to this seemingly simple task, but one that most artists are likely to arrive at sooner or later is the challenge of creation – you’re stuck at home, the world needs light, so how do you go about making art?
We talked false protagonists, hidden identities, dishonest narrators, and the surprising rewards of the major time jump. Well, today we’re rounding out the list with two more entries and an honorable mention that might just work for you, beginning with…
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