The most obvious – and easiest! – way to gain perspective is to put your work away for a while. The truth is, we don’t know how taking a break frees up the mind, but it does: Somehow it freshens our little neurons, or perhaps it prompts the brain to create more cleverness molecules. If you can bear to let a short piece sit a week and a book-length work a month, do so. Longer is fine, too; some authors have abandoned manuscripts for years before unearthing them and realizing, ‘Hey, this isn’t bad,’ and renewing their energy for the project.
... And the only way to find that honesty is to not overthink it. For your writing to come alive--to be multi-dimensional--you must barter away some … - Elizabeth Sims
... And the only way to find that honesty is to not overthink it. For your writing to come alive--to be multi-dimensional--you must barter away some …
- Elizabeth Sims
The most obvious – and easiest! – way to gain perspective is to put your work away for a while. The truth is, we don’t know how taking a break free… - Elizabeth Sims
The most obvious – and easiest! – way to gain perspective is to put your work away for a while. The truth is, we don’t know how taking a break free…
Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and a small subplot that feed… - Elizabeth Sims
Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and a small subplot that feed…
People may come and go,lives may change in a instant,but love and friendship will last forever. - Elizabeth Sims
People may come and go,lives may change in a instant,but love and friendship will last forever.
I once had an editor advise me, as I was revising one of my early novels, to add more characters. I played around with the idea. As soon as I'd decid… - Elizabeth Sims
I once had an editor advise me, as I was revising one of my early novels, to add more characters. I played around with the idea. As soon as I'd decid…
If you want sucess,you must pursue it. - Elizabeth Sims
If you want sucess,you must pursue it.
Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing – by interrupting the flow. Why is this? Because life doesn’t move forward all at once. I… - Elizabeth Sims
Subplots bring realism to your main plot simply by existing – by interrupting the flow. Why is this? Because life doesn’t move forward all at once. I…
If I have all the faith so as to move mountains,but do not have love,then I an nothing. - Elizabeth Sims
If I have all the faith so as to move mountains,but do not have love,then I an nothing.
Sandy is kind. But she has a smart mind - Elizabeth Sims
Sandy is kind. But she has a smart mind
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