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"As well researched and helpful a book on writing as I've ever read." - Kurt Vonnegut llVr i t e . 10 Days to Overcome Writer's Block. Period. Karen E. Peterson, Ph.D. 1 t J r i t e . 10 Days to Overcome Writer's Block. Period. Karan B:. Pa tars on, Ph. D. Adams Media Avon, Massachusetts Copyright ©2006 Karen E. Peterson All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews. Published by Adams Media, an F+W Publications Company 57 Littlefield Street Avon, MA 02322 www.adamsmedia.com ISBN: 1-59337-503-4 Printed in Canada. JIHGFEDCB Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Peterson, Karen E. Write : 10 days to overcome writer's block : period I by Karen E. Peterson. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-59337-503-4 1. Writer's block. 2. Authorship--Psychological aspects. I. Tide: 10 days to overcome writer's block. II. 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Dedication For Kurt Vonnegut, Who keeps us laughing all the way to the gallows and back. . . . and for Denise Levertov, who so elegantly granted me permission to write. . . . and for Steven A. Carreras, who has helped me see clearly now. Is there something that will go unsaid if you don't write? -Denise Levertov, personal communication, 1987 The plot is just a bribe to keep them reading. -Kurt Vonnegut, Case Western Reserve University, 1985 centents acknowledgments ................................................ ix author's note ........................................................ xi PART I shaping yeur life as a \'Yriter the bi-vocal way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 CHAPTER 1 permissien te \Trite: how to find both your voices (and ditch theirs) .. 3 CHAPTER 2 the all-er-nething \Triter: how to stop feeling overwhelmed . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 CHAPTER 3 steal this time: how to live-and write-on 168 hours a week .... 53 CHAPTER4 a clean, \Tell-lighted place te \Trite: your place or theirs? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 CHAPTER 5 getting in the meed: how to overcome the write-or-flight response . . . 87 v PART II daring ts \'YI'ite the bi-vocal way...................................................... 129 CHAPTER6 starting t• \'YI'ite: remembrances of things past ........................... 131 CHAPTER7 c•ntinuing t• \'YI'ite: the plot as "bribe" ......................................... 159 CHAPTER 8 finishing \'YI'iting prsjects: always busy, never done . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 CHAPTER 9 publishing \'YI'iting prsjects: from panic to press release ............................. 177 PART Ill lG days ts get w.t sf ysur S\m \Yay the bi-vocal way...................................................... 189 CHAPTER10 \1hat a difference a day :makes: how to choose the write response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 day 1: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 197 vi write. day2: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 202 day3: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 210 day4: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 215 day5: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 221 day6: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 226 day7: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 232 day 8: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 236 day9: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 242 day 10: task-sprinting chart ....................................... 247 appendices: your "to-go" order of motivation appendix 1-to-do (or not-to-do) list ......................... 253 appendix 2-task-sprinting chart ................................. 254 appendix 3-parallel monologue chart ....................... 255 appendix 4-interior dialogue chart ........................... 255 appendix 5-write-or-flight chart ................................ 256 bibliography ........................................................ 257 index .................................................................. 267 contents vii
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