Articles Written by Kieran McKendrick From Isnare.com http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Kieran+McKendrick Beating Writers Block: The Dear Jane, Dear John Technique Writing Kieran McKendrick Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=93820&ca=Writing Even when your writing is going well, you can suddenly hit a snag that stops you dead in the water. This is not the time to stare into the distance or give up. When your muse squelcher makes an appearance and your brain goes dead, it's time to break out the pen and stationery and write a letter (a... Writers Block Technique: The Cat Isn't Out Of The Bag Writing Kieran McKendrick Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=91905&ca=Writing Your story is off to a great start. And you pretty much know how it's going to end. You're excited and can't wait to sit down to write. And then you get to the middle. And that's where you get stuck. Suddenly nothing comes. You can't think of a good complication. You created great characters in... Writers Block Strategy: So What's Next? Writing Kieran McKendrick Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=87910&ca=Writing When the Wicked Witch of the Blank Page (or screen) shows up and turns your brain into mush, it can be really hard to keep your bottom in the chair and come up with something so that you can honestly say you wrote today. However, no matter how much she waves that wand around, there are a number of t... Writers Block Strategy: Get Out, Get Out, Wherever You Are! Writing Kieran McKendrick Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=89634&ca=Writing You've been keeping your fingers to the grindstone and turning out reams of deathless prose when suddenly your mind goes blank or your ideas suddenly seem boring, run of the mill dreck or you suddenly can't figure out why on earth you sent Ashley into the haunted house in the middle of the night wit... Beating Writers Block: Melting The Sea Of Perfection Writing Kieran McKendrick Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=86560&ca=Writing You're staring at the computer screen or a sheet of typing paper. It's blank. Right before you sat down to write, you had a ton of great ideas. Then you sat down and POOF! They're GONE! Just like a wave from the Wicked Witch of the West's magic wand. Doesn't matter that she got creamed under a house...