Ask the Author: E.J. Dawson
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E.J. Dawson
I closed and locked the door after my husband left for the evening, planning on watching a movie while he was out. I heard the door open and it was only when I turned to ask if he'd forgotten something that I realised the back door was still unlocked.
E.J. Dawson
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E.J. Dawson
How do you not? You aren't inspired to write, you don't command inspiration it commands you. You're sitting there in traffic and all of a sudden you know how the protagonist is going to get through this bugger of a situation. Inspiration comes knocking at your door at 3am saying "Do we have a story for you!" It hits you in the middle of a conversation and when you scramble for your notebook and pen screaming "Brilliant!!" you are grateful for nearby friends excusing you; "She's a writer, don't worry about it." Inspiration is letting the ideas in and sorting through them all until you find the gems that work, and keeping the others for use later on.
E.J. Dawson
The Last Prophecy Series. All about that I'm afraid but when you have 10 books and 11 novellas to write it becomes a bit single minded. When I need to deviate I am working on a paranormal romance just for giggles.
E.J. Dawson
All the greats say it so it must be true: WRITE! Even if it sucks, so do all first drafts. I've written so many half novels, wrote down ideas, and only acted on a few. Take a notebook and pen with you everywhere to keep track of them, and save the best for the story you want to tell the most. And don't stop writing!
E.J. Dawson
Every new twist, every plot device, anything I can do to shape and change and improve on my original story idea brings me the utmost excitement. I love creating this world and the people in it, and what happens to them. When someone else sees it the way I do? The icing on the cake. I want to tell stories, and have people want to hear more.
E.J. Dawson
Its simple, you take Niel Gaiman's advice and put one word in front of the other. I actually have a blog post I did on the other tricks I use when I am not sure what happens next or my original thought process was too predictable (https://ejdawson.com/2016/06/28/5-tip...).
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