{"id":771,"date":"2019-02-12T13:26:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T18:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victoriafeistner.com\/?p=771"},"modified":"2019-02-12T13:26:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T18:26:20","slug":"updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriafeistner.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/12\/updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting Writer’s Block and Other Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\n

I don’t normally repost other people’s content, but a Tor\/Forge Blog post by Arkady Martine<\/a> really caught my eye. It a) neatly ties into last week’s Microwave the Rat<\/a> discussion and b) I am in the midst of updating and reorganizing this here blag so I don’t have a whole lot in the way of stuff to talk about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using setting to fight writer\u2019s block:<\/em>
This is a neat little trick to get back into writing a scene if you\u2019ve been paused for a while, or if you can\u2019t figure out how to start after a transition. It goes like this: describe \u2013 in detail, with precision \u2013 some architecture, someone\u2019s clothing, something in your POV character\u2019s visual field. Keep describing, but root that description in your POV character\u2019s impressions and understanding of what they\u2019re seeing. Keep describing until you figure out why your character would be looking so closely at that thing \u2013 and by then, you\u2019re in the scene, you\u2019ve got the voice, and you\u2019ve probably done some accidental thematic and visual work to tie the story together. <\/p> Arkady Martine Answers: What\u2019s It Like to Be Married to Another Writer? , Feb 5, 2019, Tor\/Forge blog<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

I’m really<\/em> curious to try this out. I’ve got both Ep 5 of Fletcher & Cooper<\/em> to continue and my Sinferrean Murder Village novella–which I haven’t looked at since the late summer–to finish; this technique sounds perfect for picking up the threads of both pieces, whichever one I end up getting pulled into.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not doing a lot of writing or even editing lately as I am in the midst of revamping my website to make it more readable\/fiction-friendly. As much as I love the look and feel of the current website it’s a lot of custom code that I didn’t write\/can’t maintain\/adapt and I’ve been told it’s not the greatest for long reads on mobile. Since my main joy in life is writing long-form stories and articles and then hoping people read them on their phones, that seems like a necessary change to make. Not sure when all the backend stuff will get done, but hopefully this week. Stay tuned, and stay warm!!<\/p>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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