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21. John David Mann: How To Write Good (Or At Least, Gooder)

The Reader's Journey

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How to Get Over Writers Block

Writers block is different for each person, and depends on what you're writing. When i was writing steel fear, my first novel, it takes place on an aircraft carrier. I had no idea how it fit en the story, but all of a sudden it would sparkle os wort. And this could happen in writ an article or a non fiction book as well. My advice is, don't start at the beginning. Don't try to start. Start wherever the apple lands, wherever the dart hits the wall. Organize your work so you know where every single punctuation mark is. If you forgot to put a period there at the end of the sentence, don't go

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