CHAPTER20

Drafting and Structuring

In This Chapter

  • Using your journal
  • Learning to freewrite
  • Making an outline
  • The technique of quilting

Whether you feel it or not, there’s a process to writing that many writers follow naturally. If you’re just getting started as a writer, though, or if you always find it a struggle to get going, following a writing process might help.

In this chapter, I offer some tips for getting your writing on track whenever you’re feeling stuck.

Getting Unstuck

Have you ever sat staring at a blank piece of paper or a blank document on your computer screen, unable to find words to populate it? Writers traditionally call ...

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