@timmckay52 On the other hand, I considered this in a moment of stillness, I could quite easily fall into the imitation of others until their scribblings merged with mine and I rise superior to gaze upon them in amusement.
Amazing what stream of consciousness and half a bottle of red can do
What is the best opening line in a horror book?👀 I like: 'The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years - if it ever did end - began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.'
@SedonaCAuthor I get totally stressed out. The only way I found to deal with it is to open a new doc on my Chromebook and just spend 30 mins writing anything without any thought...kind of stream of consciousness. It makes me feel better. Occasionally there is a little gem of something in them.
I have found writing drabbles (exactly 100 word stories to be a great way to refine and think about plot, clarity and the power of short phrases to tell a story.