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5 Reasons to Write Stories Simultaneously

January 21, 2015 By Martha Alderson

Write Multiple Stories Simultaneously 
5 best reasons why 

You throw yourself into your story. You dream about your characters, bond with them and give your story all your time, resources and attention. Trouble is, by focusing on only one story at a time, you’re much more likely to cling to your story well beyond what’s healthy for either one of you. Opening yourself to edits becomes challenging. Accepting you’re done all you proves difficult. Letting go is impossible. You become so emotionally invested in your story, you border on obsessive.

Reinvent yourself as a writer
Practice writing more than one story at a time.

The 5 Best Reasons Why to Write Stories Simultaneously 

1) You keep alive the passion and openness that comes at the beginning of any new project

2) Each time you move back and forth between stories, you activate new ideas for both

2) When overloaded by one story, distance allows for rest, review and reassessment

3) A commitment to more than one story allows for less resistance when faced with having to eliminate what’s not working / needed / advancing the plot

4) Detaching from one story when you reach the end is easier when other stories await

5) Agents and editors want to know you have more than one story in you…

Begin a new story with me as I re-film the The 27-Step Tutorial: How Do I Plot a Novel, Memoir, Screenplay?. Follow step-by-step instructions how to plot and write the rough draft of a novel, memoir, screenplay from beginning to end.

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