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Had the worst writing day of my life last Tuesday and it was completely my fault
I sat down with this amazing prompt about a lighthouse keeper during a storm, and instead of just writing, I spent 3 hours researching actual lighthouse mechanics and navigation systems. Has anyone else fallen into the research trap and completely murdered their creative flow?
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the_diana1mo ago
What worked for you that day? I've been there with the research black hole too. I was writing a scene about a baker and ended up looking up bread science for an hour. What finally snapped me out of it was setting a timer for 15 minutes and forcing myself to just write the first draft without checking anything. I saved the real research for later, after I got the story down on paper. After that, my flow came back way easier than I expected. Did trying a timer help you get unstuck at all?
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