Not necessarily looking for easy way out. But looking to find out more about a topic or concept without getting up & out and physically asking those in the know. ie, serious topics like cancer diagnoses. Short of just making it up based on too much Lifetime TV, where does one find such experiences upon which to add depth & color to the piece?

While editing my piece, I found more than a couple of words I tended to overuse. With some simple adjusting I found synonyms to break up the monotony. What are some of your overused words, tropes, concepts, etc.?

You open your draft. Read the first page. Suddenly it feels terrible, you delete a paragraph, rewrite the same sentence five times, close the document, you tell yourself you’ll fix it tomorrow. How many “almost finished” books do you have right now?