Ask the Author: Ana Brazil
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Ana Brazil
I went to college in Tallahassee, and New Orleans--5 hours away--was the most magical, most decadent, and the most fascinating city in the world. As a history student, I fell in love with every historical inch of New Orleans. I wrote my masters thesis about late 19th century New Orleans, and during my research I got the idea for Fanny Newcomb.
Ana Brazil
I get out my iPhone and set the timer to 30 minutes. I force myself to write-and-only-write-I'm-not-even-allowed-to-plot for 30 minutes.
If, when the timer goes off I still don't want to write, then I walk away and do something else.
BUT...without fail, once I get into writing, I keep going once the timer goes off.
Before writing historical crime fiction, I was a technical writer, and I've used this 30 minute technique SUCCESSFULLY for all of my writing gigs.
Try it!
If, when the timer goes off I still don't want to write, then I walk away and do something else.
BUT...without fail, once I get into writing, I keep going once the timer goes off.
Before writing historical crime fiction, I was a technical writer, and I've used this 30 minute technique SUCCESSFULLY for all of my writing gigs.
Try it!
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