To move your story forward, think about oppositions.
Often, change happens in opposition. When we understand the things working in opposition in our stories, we can use them to maintain our story’s tension.
Craft Book Studies
How Invoking Your Muse Can Help You Beat Resistance
How do you move beyond the fear Resistance elicits? Steven Pressfield says our first job is to invoke the Muse.
Are you still playing in the amateur league?
In his book The War of Art, Steven Pressfield says, “Resistance hates it when we turn pro, because pros beat Resistance at its own game.” In part two of his book, he shares the differences between amateurs and pros.
Why Resistance is plaguing your most important writing projects
Resistance is the voice within all of us that does its best to maintain the status quo. While it can show up at any time, it’s more likely to drop by when we’re following a call from the soul.
When Memories Fly: Tips for Engaging Your Involuntary Memory in the Writing Process
In his book The Art of Time in Memoir, Sven Birkerts says that involuntary memory is the gateway to the real past.
Telling It Slant
In Fearless Confessions: A Writer’s Guide to Memoir Sue Silverman writes, “you’ve all heard the cliché ‘A picture is worth a thousand words,’ but it’s also true—maybe more true—that one word is worth a thousand pictures if it’s the right word.”