Ask the Author: Jo Watson Hackl
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Jo Watson Hackl
I'm currently working on an outdoor adventure/art mystery clue trail story. Stay tuned . . .
Jo Watson Hackl
-Keep a writer's notebook with plot, setting, and character ideas, character names, quirks, and interesting facts or details you come across.
-Read as much as you can in the genre in which you'd like to write,
-Try to write every day.
-Join a critique group with other people writing in your genre.
-Take classes, attend conferences, and study your craft.
-Don't be afraid to take risks. Write the novel that only you can write.
-Read as much as you can in the genre in which you'd like to write,
-Try to write every day.
-Join a critique group with other people writing in your genre.
-Take classes, attend conferences, and study your craft.
-Don't be afraid to take risks. Write the novel that only you can write.
Jo Watson Hackl
I grew up in rural Mississippi around great storytellers. Hearing great stories all your life makes you want to try to write one of your own.
Jo Watson Hackl
The best thing about being a writer is that you can learn really cool things like how to survive on your own in the woods and count it as research. You can follow your curiosity to anything that interests you and see if you can find a way to work it into your book. In addition to outdoor survival, some things that I love are the works of Leonardo da Vinci, the gorgeous scarlet tanager bird, ghost towns, dowsers, and art. Getting to plot out a clue trail with things I love it in was challenging but oh, so fun.
Jo Watson Hackl
I take a walk outside in our woods and try to pay attention to each of my senses. Then I try to see the woods through the eyes of whichever character has me most stuck.
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