How to Continue

by ELSIE BYRON
29th April 2019

Hi all. I've been working on a story about a little girl living in early 1960s. The story is told through her eyes so to start with it's simplistic and just the way her life is. But things change when her father becomes physically and mentally abusive to her mother, it becomes very dark. My problem is the way I feel about taking this step into the more sinister side of her life. It has to be done and has to be written for personal reasons, but I'm pulling away from doing it. How can I give myself that push I need to sort this out?

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Hi Jeremy, what a good idea. I'll definitely do that. I will have a pad and pen next to me tonight, evenings are my best time for thinking about story-lines. Strangely I have always found writing about personal and emotional events easier to do when I write them by hand, it can be quite cathartic. Thank you for your help maybe I can move forward now.

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ELSIE BYRON
02/05/2019

Elsie,I too couldn't sit in front of a computer and type anything. The physical aspects of turning on your pc can grate on you.Thinking I have to sit here and write. Putting yourself under pressure. So don't do it this way.

Have a pen and paper to hand at all times and write what you feel. Do this for a week or so without really checking what you have written down. Just get words down on paper when you are in the mood. This could be at any time of the day. For me it was just after I woke up or sometimes while I was out walking.

Then go back and rewrite what you have written. Make sense of it and only then bother typing it up.

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Jeremy Gavins
01/05/2019

Thank you Adrian and Jeremy. I am struggling a bit to get the words written down. I know I have to get past the emotional block I seem to be inflicting on myself, but as soon as the words begin to appear the typing seems to stop. I think I would be alright if I could get a few lines down, but it's the very first line that's the hardest. Thanks for your advice I'll definitely keep trying I need to get this done.

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