on Anne R. Allen:

The book you started with so much energy and optimism?

That idea you thought was so great?

Well, now that you’ve written mumble-mumble number of words, you’re not so sure.

You’re beating up on yourself.

You’re out of ideas.

Out of gas.

You’ve wasted your time.

Maybe you’re even about to give up.

You’ve convinced yourself you’re stuck with a go-nowhere draft.

Happens all the time and we’ve all been there.

But (and that’s the crucial word!), Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of South Park and The Book of Mormon, shared invaluable writing advice about how to rescue that hopeless (you think) blob.

Here, mostly in Stone and Parker’s own slightly edited words, is their practical advice.

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