Comments on: What to write when you can’t think of the right word. http://3000messagesblog.com/2009/07/29/what-to-write-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-think-of-the-right-word/ What about yours? Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kate Rugani http://3000messagesblog.com/2009/07/29/what-to-write-when-you-can%e2%80%99t-think-of-the-right-word/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Kate Rugani Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:13:28 +0000 http://3000messagesblog.com/?p=126#comment-26 Good advice. I take this approach, but I add an interim step. As I'm writing, if I come to a stumbling block, I quickly add a ____ and just keep on typing. I also do this for items in a series. I like not having to pause to work out the order that will give the right cadence to my prose. When I've finished typing the sentence or paragraph that was flowing so nicely, I come back to the hole I left. If I can fill in the word, I do. If not, I move on to rewriting the sentence. Like you, I have seen the minutes tick away as I look for the perfect word or phrase to eloquently express a concept. And you're quite right -- it often doesn't exist. Better just to move on. Good advice. I take this approach, but I add an interim step. As I’m writing, if I come to a stumbling block, I quickly add a ____ and just keep on typing. I also do this for items in a series. I like not having to pause to work out the order that will give the right cadence to my prose.

When I’ve finished typing the sentence or paragraph that was flowing so nicely, I come back to the hole I left. If I can fill in the word, I do. If not, I move on to rewriting the sentence. Like you, I have seen the minutes tick away as I look for the perfect word or phrase to eloquently express a concept. And you’re quite right — it often doesn’t exist. Better just to move on.

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