Ask the Author: Andrew S. Guthrie
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Andrew S. Guthrie
Reading a book written by someone other than myself. You know, I just wanted to answer this question with "Reading" but the Goodreads algorithm refused it as "too short" . . .
Andrew S. Guthrie
They probably should give me advice since there are 10 billion of them aspiring to start a Goodreads author’s page . . . In the short run, you have to write for yourself . . . in the long run, does anyone ever know their “audience”?
Andrew S. Guthrie
The best thing? The one (just one) thing that makes you jump out of bed in the morning and run for pen and paper even before the coffee is brewing? Unh Unh . . . . maybe you can’t even afford a cup of coffee. But you can try and write yourself out of that mess . . . just make sure you hide your pen and paper from the prison guards / mom and dad / you authoritarian high school teacher so your ambitions aren’t prematurely thwarted and your materials don’t get confiscated.
Andrew S. Guthrie
What are the root causes of “writer’s block”? It’s different for everyone. You're the writer who has written 3 massive novels in a row and then you get stuck. Maybe you should just stay stuck. You’re the writer who squeezes out drips and drabs, who’s itching for an “oeuvre” and nothing comes? Try writing about “nothing”, the ultimate subject matter . . . a poem about stasis, a novel about boredom, an essay on dull silence . . .
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