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niyad

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4. Not sure that I have any help to offer on writer's block (or possibly sadness?), but a

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 24, 2021, 06:15 PM

Jul 2021

couple of editorial points: your third sentence reads as if incomplete or awkward. Maybe "Chagall was a Russian Jew. . ."? And perhaps begin at least one more sentence with something other than his name?

I can only imagine how difficult this time is for you, so please do be gentle with yourself. We are all looking forward to this next book. Perhaps you could try writing something completely different-somthing funny or outrageous or completely off the wall? Rather like a mental laxative.

Just remember that your DU family is here for you.

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I need your help, writers! I am over half way finished with my second book on art history and [View all] CTyankee Jul 2021 OP

Can you post two paragraphs of your first book... LuvLoogie Jul 2021 #1

Here CTyankee Jul 2021 #2

Not sure that I have any help to offer on writer's block (or possibly sadness?), but a niyad Jul 2021 #4

Get the ideas down, then go back later on and apply the fundamentals when ready. In the mean time... LuvLoogie Jul 2021 #5

Do you know this story? Love your point of view but not sure about your last statement. I don't CTyankee Jul 2021 #7

I don't know the story. I tried to limit edits LuvLoogie Jul 2021 #9

Oh, good! My goal at this point in my life is to help people love art as much as I do. CTyankee Jul 2021 #10

On a tangent, here are a couple of videos LuvLoogie Jul 2021 #11

All I know is that my wife, who has published Tomconroy Jul 2021 #3

Long walks alone. Seems to stir my imagination. Midnight Writer Jul 2021 #6

I take inspiration from the music itself. On youtube I have discovered wonderful orchestral and CTyankee Jul 2021 #8

I agree. What do you consider a long walk? SeeingEyeRefugee Nov 2021 #12