Here’s a little trick I picked up somewhere along the way. I started using it when an author had to make a decision. Say she’s got two offers and doesn’t know which one to take. Or she’s presented with two different cover designs. Or she can’t decide how to start her first page.
Here’s what you do. Get a coin. Any coin will do. Assign Option A to one side, and Option B to the other side.
Flip the coin.
Now before you look at it, ask yourself. Are you secretly hoping it will be one or the other? That’s your answer.
I have rarely encountered a situation where the secret wish wasn’t there. If it isn’t, make a list of pros and cons for each. If that doesn’t work, take a walk and don’t think about it. Then think about it very suddenly. It will come to you. It may even come to you while you are asleep, but it will come.
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