In a new post on his blog, Steven Pressfield suggests a trick to use when you get stuck on an element of your story. When you start to struggle or reach a section where you aren’t sure what happens, think “And the bad version is…” and get writing.
“By telling ourselves that we’re only writing the Bad Version, we take the pressure off,” Pressfield explains. “Our sentences don’t have to be brilliant. Our dialogue can be lame. We’re free to lose complete track of theme, narrative, everything.”
