![]() I don't know what I'm looking for, but I know when I find it. Sometimes a random infusion of fact helps, so I go read about a topic about which I know nothing (there are a lot of them) and see if anything floats to the surface. I ask myself if perhaps there's another angle I could take, or if there's some detail that might reinvest the situation with interest for me. I ask myself if I can skip over the part that I appear to dread. Writer's Block Remedies: "Sometimes it's helpful to analyze what's wrong, to ask why it is that I don’t feel enthusiastic about what has to happen next. It's a friend calling to tell me a great story about running into her ex-stalker at Cinnabon. ![]() I type in another first word, and consider the second word. Until I can come up with that one detail, I pace. I try to think of one detail in the scene I’m about to write that I'm really excited about writing. ![]() I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. Anderson is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, the 2006 National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature and Feed, which was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2002 and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Anderson may set aside projects for months until reminded of his contractual obligations. ![]()
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