Writer’s Block | A. W. Downer

Stuck pulling teeth

Posted on June 8, 2015 Leave a Comment

I am stuck. In three places at once. Part II is where I’ve been doing most of my writing. I’m at an entire sequence of battle scenes, and I hate writing battles scenes. I have written one good battle scene in my life, and when I went back to look at it, I thought, “I […]

Anne After the MFA

Posted on May 26, 2011 Leave a Comment

After a year and a half hiatus from blogging, an update seems in order: I have my MFA! Yes, nearly a year ago, I graduated with my MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. The first six months AMFA (After the MFA), I didn’t touch a book, and I didn’t pick up a pen. […]

Handwriting vs. Computers

Posted on October 9, 2008 Leave a Comment

I’m finishing up my third packet right now, and I need a brake. I discovered where my writer’s block this packet period came from. I usually handwrite my stories, but I have to send typed versions to my mentor (so she can read them). The first packet period, I decided that I didn’t have enough […]

It’s Weird to See a Backbone Walking Around without Any Other Bones or Flesh

Posted on September 29, 2008 Leave a Comment

I’m having even more trouble than usual this packet period. I just want to procrastinate so much. I have a story idea in my head, but I can’t flesh it out. I have a couple of characters with very unique qualities that give me the bare bones of a plotline. Not even, really. More like […]

Passion

Posted on August 30, 2008 Leave a Comment

When I finished the rough draft of my science fiction story, I decided to put the story away for awhile and try something else. My something else didn’t make it very far, and I got caught up in college. After about a year, I picked up the story again to polish the first three chapters […]