A good night's sleep
Have you ever had a good night's sleep, then awakened to a new understanding of your story and how certain things should move or how certain characters should act? Like, suddenly it's clear as day, after a few months of struggling with everything?
Yeah, it's really cool. Yesterday I woke up from a dream which I don't remember now, but I had a clear mental picture of how to "fix" my story. Something I couldn't see for months, but is now so obvious. And not just one plot element, but multiple. I'm not sure if they are epiphanies, but they sure unclog the drain. :)
Yeah, it's really cool. Yesterday I woke up from a dream which I don't remember now, but I had a clear mental picture of how to "fix" my story. Something I couldn't see for months, but is now so obvious. And not just one plot element, but multiple. I'm not sure if they are epiphanies, but they sure unclog the drain. :)
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I've often got story ideas from dreams, but never gotten fixes to current stories.
I didn't once dream of my book being published and freaking out because they published the first draft, with no edits.
My best tool for working out story problems is either taking a long walk *without* my mp3 player or taking a long drive to nowhere, again, *without* music playing. It pretty much never fails. Even if I don't get *all* the solution I need, I'll at least get a piece of it. I suspect meditation would work as well.