Ask the Author: Nathan Beck
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Nathan Beck
My temper. No not really. I am working on a novel about a certain Irish pyromancer and how she spent her younger life dealing with the threat of a psychopathic Celtic deity called the Morrigan. In attempts to gain power to protect herself, Cassandra makes decisions she will later regret.
Nathan Beck
Write. Aspiring writer is a strange term to me. You either write or you don't. If you mean you are aspiring to accomplish something through your writing, meaning you write but you haven't published anything, keep writing. If you want to write but haven't started yet, start writing.
Nathan Beck
For me the best thing about writing is that you get to explore your own demons. In no other craft are you encouraged to not only find your inner monsters but to name them, give them back stories, motivations, schemes, and load them with really neat and horrific powers. Then, you get to find ways to beat them.
Nathan Beck
If you ask Patrick Rothfuss this question he will tell you writer's block - as we talk about it - isn't real. I am always able to write something. There may be times when I have rested more, ate better, or spent more time thinking about what I am working on and so the writing is easier or at the very least needs less editing. But even if what I write sucks and I have to edit it to death later, I am always able to write something. And I think it is better to allow myself to write badly than to stare at a screen waiting for something good to magically appear.
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