Using Placeholders to Draft Romance Novels
Your first draft should be you telling the story to yourself. In the flurry of passion, the pressure to find the perfect words for every scene, moment of dialogue, or character description can often lead to writer’s block. I struggled with my perfectionism for years until I found a little trick that successfully helped me work around it. Placeholders. Placeholders are temporary stand-ins for elements you haven’t fully fleshed out or refined yet. They allow you to keep the momentum of your writing going without getting anchored down by the details.