Starting a Novel is HARD (5 Ways to Jump-Start Your Writing)

You open a blank document and stare at the cursor in the upper left-hand corner. Blinking. Blinking. Asking what you want to write. Daring you to plunk out a few words on your keyboard. This blankness — the beginning of your story, poem, article — is the scariest part of writing. At least for me. And for Steven King (who says “The scariest moment is always just before you start”). And…