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quote:Originally posted by Flyboy:
Bah. A measly 12, 170. I reckon if I can join the dots this week I can finish part one, and have about 20,000-25,000...
Oi, Flyboy--update? You best not have wussed out on us... Drop and give me 400 words!
New tip: If you are like me and you stare at a blank screen for a couple of useless hours before anything happens, there is a magic word that you can start with:
"A"
But, why "A", Tom? Well, type in the "A" and look at it. By writing down that "A", you have eliminated thousands of possible second words:
- Your second word will not start with a vowel.
- You have eliminated proper nouns, for the most part. (I guess you could write something like "A Joss Whedon script typically began blah blah blah", if you want to use a proper noun sort of like an adjective.)
- You have eliminated plural nouns.
- You have eliminated unique objects. (There is no, "A guitarist for Van Halen etc."--there is only Eddie Van Halen, "The guitarist for Van Halen etc.)
- You've knocked out lots of prepositions from the running for Word #2. ("A for", "A there," "A beside")
- All sorts of other types of words I'm forgetting.
And what's the very worst that can happen? You suddenly want to write one of those things you've eliminated. You have a proper name you want to start with, or the next word suddenly needs to start with a vowel, or you want the definite article.
Well if you want one of those words so badly all of a sudden, you apparently have something to write. All you wrote was "A" and maybe a space; you're two backspaces away from beginning.
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