Ask the Author: Topsy Gift
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Topsy Gift
Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Where I got the idea for my most recent book titled I AM A WOMAN I AM A HUMAN by Topsy Gift is from my experience growing up as a child. Hope I answered that?
Where I got the idea for my most recent book titled I AM A WOMAN I AM A HUMAN by Topsy Gift is from my experience growing up as a child. Hope I answered that?
Topsy Gift
The world and its too many problems are already enough inspiration. But most importantly, for those who are Christians I would say all thanks to God for without him, there would be no inspiration at all.
Topsy Gift
Well, I’m currently working on something amazing that you would not want to miss for anything in the world. So, please anticipate.
Topsy Gift
My advice to aspiring writers would be that they would need to ask themselves certain questions before they eventually indulge in writing. Such questions as, what do I want to write? Who would read what I would write? How can my writings be of help to the people out there? What message do I want to pass across? The answers to these questions and many more would give you a balance and the drive to write and write even more.
Topsy Gift
The question seems tricky….hahaha. But I will try to answer it. The best thing about being a writer for me is the joy I feel inside me when I remember that I am not wasting my potentials. But rather I am using it to help people, and solve problems. Because, I believe that even if I die today, my book would keep being a solution to someone’s problems. Hope I answered that?
Topsy Gift
Let’s divide this question into two parts. The first part would be:
1) What should you do when you cannot think of what to write?
In this scenario, it means that you have not even started writing. You are still thinking of what to write. My advice would be that you should take a walk. Go to anywhere quiet, depending on what you want to write. If you are a poet, you could be inspired by the beauty of nature (Tress, flowers, birds, and even the way humans relate with nature and themselves). Perhaps, either of these could inspire you.
The next possible thing to do is to think about yourself, your family, background and all the experiences you went through while growing up or even the present situation you are in now. You could turn your story into a book. It could inspire or encourage thousands or even millions of people. Things do not just happen. It could be that what you went through was an avenue through which you could help others come out of such situation. So start writing.
And the second part would be:
2) How do you proceed with writing even when you lack ideas along the line?
In this scenario, you already started writing but are having problems on how to continue writing because you are stocked. If you have already started writing and along the line it seems as though ideas are no longer flowing. Take a break and do other things. Come back to continue later, that might help. Better still, you can take a walk. Go with your writing materials, because more ideas might start flowing into your mind and if you do not have a writing material and cannot recollect all that came to your mind. You might lose it. I hope my answer will help you in a way?
1) What should you do when you cannot think of what to write?
In this scenario, it means that you have not even started writing. You are still thinking of what to write. My advice would be that you should take a walk. Go to anywhere quiet, depending on what you want to write. If you are a poet, you could be inspired by the beauty of nature (Tress, flowers, birds, and even the way humans relate with nature and themselves). Perhaps, either of these could inspire you.
The next possible thing to do is to think about yourself, your family, background and all the experiences you went through while growing up or even the present situation you are in now. You could turn your story into a book. It could inspire or encourage thousands or even millions of people. Things do not just happen. It could be that what you went through was an avenue through which you could help others come out of such situation. So start writing.
And the second part would be:
2) How do you proceed with writing even when you lack ideas along the line?
In this scenario, you already started writing but are having problems on how to continue writing because you are stocked. If you have already started writing and along the line it seems as though ideas are no longer flowing. Take a break and do other things. Come back to continue later, that might help. Better still, you can take a walk. Go with your writing materials, because more ideas might start flowing into your mind and if you do not have a writing material and cannot recollect all that came to your mind. You might lose it. I hope my answer will help you in a way?
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