… from that problem
Are you stymied by a snag with a writing project? The answer may be easier than you suspect: Step away from it and work on something else, anything else. Even better, sleep on it.
Come back to the problem the next day and trust your subconscious mind has been working on it while you slept.
Late yesterday afternoon, I was stumped. I needed a way to fit two-and-one-third pages of content onto just two pages. The magazine’s layout wouldn’t let me jump the extra content to a later page, and condensing the material was not an option.
So I saved my work and shut down for the day.This morning, the answer seemed obvious. I’d start the section a page earlier and use the following page for the overflow.
Why hadn’t I thought of that sooner? Several reasons. I’d never done it that way. At the late afternoon hour I was tired. But chiefly, I was too close to the situation. Staring only at the problem, I failed to step back to gain the perspective to see the solution.
That’s where a bit of time and distance makes all the difference.
