Continuing to apply this method, I eventually start to accumulate random scenes, which I intend to piece together at the very end.Īnother example: I'm a perfectionist when it comes to my own writing. I then proceed to utilize her short assignment method of " writing down as much as you can see through a one-inch picture frame" and focus on nothing else at that moment except writing out that one scene. It's during these moments that I usually sit back, take a deep breath, and remind myself of Lamott's advice to " just take it bird by bird" (which, for me, is scene by scene). Despite the fact that I already have a plot summary and a loose outline of the story's major scenes, I still feel that the task at hand - having to fill in all the details in a way that flows and make sense - is tremendously daunting. One example of how I've been able to apply Lamott's advice: Each time I sit down to write, I'm often struck with "the tremendous sense of being overwhelmed" that Lamott describes in this book and if I'm being honest, there have been moments where I've felt like giving up.
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