Ask the Author: James Walter Lee
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James Walter Lee
When I run into writer’s block, I know haven’t done enough plotting and asking myself the questions needed to maintain a consistent flow when I’m writing. So I'm left with three choices: pause and find the answers to my questions, work on a different scene, or add inline notes to myself in parentheses and keep writing. If the latter fails, then I have to resort to one of the first two.
James Walter Lee
I get to create art with words. Also, being a writer fits my personality, as I'm a quiet introvert.
James Walter Lee
Study your craft. Be intentional about everything you do. Read work by brilliant authors. Read novels by Nobel Prize or Pulitzer Prize winners. Some of my favorites are works by John Updike and Kazuo Ishiguro.
James Walter Lee
The relationships in Charles Webb’s novel The Graduate always intrigued me. I wanted a similar dynamic for my debut novel, Kilómetro Cero, but unlike in The Graduate, I imagined a young male protagonist who falls for and chases an older woman who works for his father, and whom his father secretly desires.
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