One More Paragraph

When I was in school, my fellow writers (and probably every other student) always had the same problem with their writing assignments: "I have two paragraphs and I can't think of anything else to write."

Now, length is not something we should necessarily be worried about. If you can tell a five-page story in three pages, then write three pages (but they better be damn good). Sometimes, though, length actually does matter. Sometimes you know that there is more to say, but you just can't figure out what.

If you have this problem, then take look at your piece and consider it done. Well, consider it almost done. Just write one more paragr4aph. It doesn't have to be long. It doesn't have to be a conclusion or anything. Just write one more paragraph about whatever you're writing about.

If you can do that, then your piece is now done. Well, it's almost done. Just write one more paragraph.

I've had this same problem myself and I have found that one more paragraph can be very useful. Sometimes it's just putting in that minimal extra effort, forcing myself to think that little bit more that jump starts me into writing. By the end of a session, I'm amazed at how many one-more-paragraphs I ended up writing.