Starting a New Story

Writing from scratch

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Writing from scratch is harder than cooking from scratch, unless you’re copying someone else’s recipe. When you write from scratch, you must concoct the ingredients, too. The first ingredient of The Girl on the Mountain grew from my dream about a poor child huddled in bushes at the door of a privileged home. An open […]

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Overcoming the Story Blues

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I hate this. Starting a new story is as conflicting as having a new baby with the older one crying for attention.  But worse:  my story offspring are not yet equally loved.  I have to force myself to ignore the older and nurture the new.  There are a few good side effects.  I’m not obsessed with taking care of it. I sleep better. 

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