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Photo by Sonia Sanmartin<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ve been there. Writing as fast as you can type, scared that you won\u2019t be able to get all that fantastic dialogue currently flooding your mind, down on the paper before it slips away. You are IN THE ZONE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I remember a summer day when I was writing in my dining room, every word an effort, the scene falling flat. I\u2019d been at it for hours. I kept thinking, \u201cIf I just sit here and keep working it will come.\u201d Eventually, I got up, went into the kitchen and began washing dishes. That\u2019s when I saw him. He darted around the corner. Then I heard him speaking in my mind, as clear as if he was standing next to me. I dried my hands and returned to write one of the best chapters I\u2019ve ever created, personally dictated to me, by a wonderful little boy\u2014my protagonist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how do I get into the zone reliably, every day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truthfully, I don\u2019t get in the zone every day. But I do get there often. Here are my two best strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, I speak\u2014out loud\u2014with the voice of my character. When my character is sad, I cry. When she is angry, I rage at full volume. When she is lonely, I ache. When she is afraid, I run for my life\u2014literally. I run through the house, up the stairs, and hide in the closet. I feel what my character feels, I do\u2014as much as possible\u2014what my character would do. I become her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I woke in the night. Earlier that day I had been crafting a short story about a young woman who was hunted by a demon. As I typed the scene I had just dreamed, I began to see moving shadows in the dark room. I hadn\u2019t turned on any lights because I didn\u2019t want to wake my husband. As I worked, the fear within me built to such a level that my trembling fingers kept typing the wrong letters. When I finally got the last words down, I hurriedly fled back to bed and woke my husband. \u201cTell me it\u2019s not real,\u201d I said. He put his arms around me. \u201cHave you been writing again?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the zone happens, I typically write in first person regardless of the POV the story eventually will have. I do this to capture the character and the emotions I am feeling. Once down on the page I can easily shift into another POV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My second technique is music\u2014and dancing. I deliberately chose a piece of music to play when I begin a new story. Whenever I open that file on my computer, I also play the music. This helps me ground myself in the world of my character. However, music alone is typically not enough to get me in the zone. I must also dance\u2014the wilder the better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Writing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kidd Wadsworth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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