Episiode 205 - How to stop stalling and get going.

About this episode

This episode discusses overcoming procrastination in writing and crafting powerful first sentences.

Sometimes we are full of ambition to write. Yet we don't. We put off our writing, then put it off again. Why do we do that? And what can be done to get us in front of the keyboard? Here are thoughts on what we can do to get us producing. Also, powerful first sentences drop the reader into the story after the action is already underway. Here's how to do it, with examples from excellent writers. Here is a 20-episode master class on fiction writing...

People in this episode

Host: James Thayer

Topics covered

• writing
• overcoming procrastination
• first sentences
• fiction writing
• creative process

Keywords

• writing tips
• procrastination
• first sentences
• fiction
• creative writing

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