Ask the Author: C.J. Miranda
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C.J. Miranda
Okay, I've been thinking about this for days but I FINALLY think I have it.
I've always had Chris Hemsworth (when he has short hair, anyway) in the back of my mind for Weston. Just the way he looks, and how he always has this traditionally masculine aura to him no matter how he's behaving.
For Iris, I wasn't exactly sure. Since she's the narrator of the book, I saw her more as a voice in my head than an actual, physical person. But I've been playing around and looking at pics of famous people, and the ones I could see playing Iris are Adelaide Kane from Reign or Lucy Hale from Pretty Little Liars. Just maybe with lighter hair.
I've always had Chris Hemsworth (when he has short hair, anyway) in the back of my mind for Weston. Just the way he looks, and how he always has this traditionally masculine aura to him no matter how he's behaving.
For Iris, I wasn't exactly sure. Since she's the narrator of the book, I saw her more as a voice in my head than an actual, physical person. But I've been playing around and looking at pics of famous people, and the ones I could see playing Iris are Adelaide Kane from Reign or Lucy Hale from Pretty Little Liars. Just maybe with lighter hair.
C.J. Miranda
Just write as much as you can. Don't write with the idea that it has to be a novel. Stuff written in that mindset, at least for me, always turns out to be the hardest to complete.
Write what you imagine, write what digs a hole in your mind, and eventually something will spark such a passion in you that you won't be able to settle down until it's finished.
Write what you imagine, write what digs a hole in your mind, and eventually something will spark such a passion in you that you won't be able to settle down until it's finished.
C.J. Miranda
For me, it's less of the idea of "getting inspired" and more along the lines of having plot/scene ideas stuck in my head that'll drive me to insanity unless I write them out. The vast majority of these ideas I've written out end up in a "trashed" folder on my computer, but some of them will really stick with me and then turn into entire novels.
C.J. Miranda
I'd always kind of had the idea for "Back to You" in the back of my mind. At least, I always had the mental image of their first night on the front porch, and I knew it was going to drive me crazy if I didn't eventually build off of that.
So I sat down and started planning out plot ideas, and it kind of just spiraled from there. It's the one book I've written that I had the entire plot planned before I actually started writing.
So I sat down and started planning out plot ideas, and it kind of just spiraled from there. It's the one book I've written that I had the entire plot planned before I actually started writing.
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