Ask the Author: Andrew Melvin
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Andrew Melvin
By writing something, *anything*, to try to get the ideas flowing.
Andrew Melvin
That moment when an idea bursts forth and you know that you can do something with it. You might have to file it away for a while, or combine it with many other ideas in order to make a story, but the notion that your brain has created something that did not exist a moment ago is what makes all the necessary hard work worthwhile.
Andrew Melvin
Simply to write as often as you can. The more you put down on paper, the more likely you are to finish a story.
Andrew Melvin
I have just launched The Mischief of Rats, and I'm now in the early stages of a dark historical/steampunk thriller. After that will be a 19th Century story with my first female protagonist.
Andrew Melvin
Ideas seem to come from anywhere and everywhere: a radio broadcast, scenery/the countryside, a dream, or simply by wondering "What if..."
Andrew Melvin
Driving through the South Wales valleys, I suddenly visualized a mammoth city of black stone rising sharply up the nearest hillside. As soon as I started to wonder who might live near the top, and what life was like inside it, the story slowly began to come together.
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