Pamela Rafael Berkman, Author

Pamela Rafael Berkman, author of Her Infinite Variety and The Falling Nun (both from Scribner). Pam's upcoming events and new flash fiction; bonus, online companion stories to her published collections; excerpts from new work; tips as they occur to her for new writers.

Thursday, May 13, 2004

While I'm Away . . . and a Tip: Don't Go Back to the Top of the Page You're Writing

As always, don't forget the mantra: write a little bit, and write more or less every day - an hour every day, a half hour every day, forty minutes every weekday, fifteen minutes a day, one hour every weekend day, two hours two or three days a week, whatever you have worked out. Even three hours in a chunk once a week is good, if that is all your schedule allows and it's not too big of a chunk of time for you to stick with. Hey, even one hour once a week will yield results. The important thing is that it be a little bit at a time, achievable, and inviolable.

And by the way: a friend (hi!) mentioned that she sometimes writes a page and then goes back to the top to perfect it. And then goes back to the top again. And again. My tip is: stop that. You can make and make it perfect later. The point is to go with the momentum, keep moving. So no more going back to the top of the page!

And don't forget to tell me what you think of the new template (or anything else that's on your mind). You can comment at the bottom of the post immediately below this one.

Have a great weekend!


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