Unleash Your Inner Rebel: The Secret Art of Guerrilla Writing Revealed
Depending on the length of my absence from this better-world-in-progress, I go back several pages. My average rewind is usually around five pages. Next, I perform light editing of those rewound pages. This reimmerses me in my world — the emotion, the tone and the characters. When those shined-up bullets come into view down the page, I can more easily rearm and continue with the time I have left. Back to the fight.
Is writing easier when you can begin writing a short story and spend hours with it? Maybe. Maybe not. I contend that some moments of reflection and hard truths can reorient the writing and even snuff out a project needing a pillow held over its face.
