How to Conquer Writer’s Block: Tip 14

GET AWAY
This can mean anything you want it to mean: putting aside your manuscript for a while, taking a nap, going for a walk to clear your head. Then there are the absolute luxuries, for instance, a vacation. The ultimate luxury, for me, is a writer’s retreat. I once holed up at Ragdale (Google it!) for six glorious weeks, just writing. This weekend the Erin Murphy Literary Agency conducted a retreat for clients. It was heaven. The company was brilliant, warm, supportive and funny. I did a lot of laughing and eating–no writing. But now I have returned to my creative work, brain refreshed, eyes widened. Sometimes getting away is all you need to move through a supposedly impermeable block…
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