Ask the Author: Jamie Ryder
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Jamie Ryder
This is a total cliche but I've always found it to be the best piece of writing advice I've ever heard: Sit your ass in a chair and write.
Don't think about how good or bad the writing is when creating the first draft. This is the time when you can make all the mistakes you want and enjoy the process. The main thing is getting to the end and finishing.
After you've written the first draft, put it away, celebrate and then come back for the editing.
Don't think about how good or bad the writing is when creating the first draft. This is the time when you can make all the mistakes you want and enjoy the process. The main thing is getting to the end and finishing.
After you've written the first draft, put it away, celebrate and then come back for the editing.
Jamie Ryder
Finding the inspiration to write is subjective to everyone. I like to carve out a specific time in the day like the early morning and I'll dedicate anywhere between half an hour to an hour writing. It doesn't matter how the writing comes out. It's the process of doing it and taking it one step at a time.
Using that approach has helped in finishing first drafts and then I'm free to go back and edit as much as needed.
Using that approach has helped in finishing first drafts and then I'm free to go back and edit as much as needed.
Jamie Ryder
The idea for my most recent work AT THE DEAD OF DUSK came from a few different places. Firstly, it was an expansion on the horror western world of The Frontier which I'd been toying with for a few years.
The second was that it acts as a sequel to a short story I wrote called SHADOWS AT DAWN about a father and son duo who became the inspiration for the Questers, a group of hunters who specialise in stopping the supernatural.
Clay McNab was one of the main characters in SHADOWS AT DAWN and I wanted to continue his story in AT THE DEAD OF DUSK.
The second was that it acts as a sequel to a short story I wrote called SHADOWS AT DAWN about a father and son duo who became the inspiration for the Questers, a group of hunters who specialise in stopping the supernatural.
Clay McNab was one of the main characters in SHADOWS AT DAWN and I wanted to continue his story in AT THE DEAD OF DUSK.
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