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E.M. Ervin
That I get to write!!!
Of course, I have a day job - it pays for all of my bills, etc. But I love the simple act of WRITING. This has been something I have dreamed of since I was a little girl. It's very fullfilling.
Of course, I have a day job - it pays for all of my bills, etc. But I love the simple act of WRITING. This has been something I have dreamed of since I was a little girl. It's very fullfilling.
E.M. Ervin
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I glare a LOT at the screen.
If I am having a great deal of trouble with a scene, I will skip ahead to another one. That will often help loosen things up, and help me determine how the problem-scene needs to go to get to where I'm wanting.
I do a lot of story-boarding - I have a whiteboard and a ridiculous amount of notebooks filled with random things. Some of those notes never come to fruition, others inspire full sections in and of themselves.
I'm fortunate to also have a few friends who I can treat as sounding boards. They know my world well enough, they know what I've been working on. I sit and babble, and that often times shakes things loose as well.
But mostly? I glare at the screen...
If I am having a great deal of trouble with a scene, I will skip ahead to another one. That will often help loosen things up, and help me determine how the problem-scene needs to go to get to where I'm wanting.
I do a lot of story-boarding - I have a whiteboard and a ridiculous amount of notebooks filled with random things. Some of those notes never come to fruition, others inspire full sections in and of themselves.
I'm fortunate to also have a few friends who I can treat as sounding boards. They know my world well enough, they know what I've been working on. I sit and babble, and that often times shakes things loose as well.
But mostly? I glare at the screen...
E.M. Ervin
Write. Just write. That sounds silly, I know, but it's harder than you might think. Try to do a little bit every day. There will be a lot of times where you just don't want to, but make yourself do it.
Don't edit as you go. Push thorugh. get through that section, that chapter, that book. You can always edit later - that's what your second draft is for!!
The biggest one though is stop listening to all the negativity. I know how hard this one is, too. Not ony do you have all those people around you saying how hard it is to make it, but then the little voices in the back of your head start in. It can be crippling. Stop listening to them.
Don't edit as you go. Push thorugh. get through that section, that chapter, that book. You can always edit later - that's what your second draft is for!!
The biggest one though is stop listening to all the negativity. I know how hard this one is, too. Not ony do you have all those people around you saying how hard it is to make it, but then the little voices in the back of your head start in. It can be crippling. Stop listening to them.
E.M. Ervin
Currently working on Book 3 of the Nasaru Chronicles as well as kicking around my next series. Really focusing on Nasaru right now, but there will be another series out soon!
E.M. Ervin
I always loved to play make-believe when I was a child. I would watch shows and long to be in that world. I would pretend I was a character, going on those same adventures.
When I started really reading, that set my mind on fire. All new worlds were opened up to me, and I reveled in. About this time, I started writing. I look back, and yeah, it was awful, but I loved it.
My grandfather was the biggest factor in keeping this going. He was a journalist out in California as I was growing up. He started buying me books, and we would talk on the phone every week. he'd encourage my creativity, my writing.
When I started really reading, that set my mind on fire. All new worlds were opened up to me, and I reveled in. About this time, I started writing. I look back, and yeah, it was awful, but I loved it.
My grandfather was the biggest factor in keeping this going. He was a journalist out in California as I was growing up. He started buying me books, and we would talk on the phone every week. he'd encourage my creativity, my writing.
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