Joanne Rocklin, Children's Author

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180 WAYS TO CONQUER WRITER'S BLOCK: for writers of all ages and genres

How to Conquer Writer's Block: Tip 18

June 2, 2011

Tags: Ray Bradbury, children's books, writer's block, writing process

DON'T THINK. It is said that Ray Bradbury had that sign above his desk. I'm not sure exactly what it meant to him, although I can imagine. I put up that sign, too. To me it means DON'T THINK about anything else except the children's book I am trying to write. DON'T THINK about what's right or wrong with it, what other things I should be doing, the children's marketplace, what people will say. DON'T THINK. JUST WRITE. Sounds contradictory, but it isn't, since creative writing is about a different sort of thinking: imagining and feeling merged together...

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