Ask the Author: Elizabeth Delisi
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Elizabeth Delisi
Read widely in the genre you intend to write in. Study the books of a few of your favorite authors to see how they handle things like plot, characterization, dialogue, and setting. An outline can help to keep you on track as you write. And if you can, find yourself one or a few critique partners...getting opinions on your writing is valuable, and so is giving advice to others.
Elizabeth Delisi
I think the best part of being a writer is holding in my hand a book with MY name on the cover. Since I was a child, I've loved to read, and the thought of writing books myself was intriguing. Every now and then I look at my books on the shelf and think, "Wow. Did I really write all those books?"
Elizabeth Delisi
My favorite fictional couple is Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler in GONE WITH THE WIND. They are both stubborn and pigheaded, and this causes them to miss chance after chance at true love. I want to shake them and say, "Wake up! He/she loves you!" I always tell myself that they will finally figure each other out, and live happily ever after...someday.
Elizabeth Delisi
Several options seem to work best. Reading a good book can help, making sure it's in a different genre than what you're writing in so there's no overlap. It can fire you up about good writing in general.
Try writing something different than what you're currently working on. This works particularly well if you write something totally different from usual. For example, write a nonfiction article about traveling to France, instead of your usual romantic suspense novel.
Sometimes the only thing to do is to bust ahead. Pick up your wip where you left off, and start writing. Doesn't matter if it's good writing, bad writing, or a grocery list, just so long as you're writing.
One of these suggestions usually works!
Try writing something different than what you're currently working on. This works particularly well if you write something totally different from usual. For example, write a nonfiction article about traveling to France, instead of your usual romantic suspense novel.
Sometimes the only thing to do is to bust ahead. Pick up your wip where you left off, and start writing. Doesn't matter if it's good writing, bad writing, or a grocery list, just so long as you're writing.
One of these suggestions usually works!
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