Ask the Author: C.X. Wood
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C.X. Wood
My sister died of an overdose. That wasn't so much the idea for the book as it was the a starting place for a lot of ideas I wanted to work into one cohesive story. When someone is the corpse in a mystery, you tell their story starting at the end and working backwards.
C.X. Wood
I sit down at my desk and put words on the page. Eventually, I find myself writing.
C.X. Wood
I'm currently writing book two of Vice Report.
C.X. Wood
Read. Write. Repeat.
Take a staff job somewhere near the sort of writing you want to do. It will help you to take yourself seriously, provide contacts, give you a support group, and get rid of writer's block and a lot of other bad habits. Don't stay forever.
Take a staff job somewhere near the sort of writing you want to do. It will help you to take yourself seriously, provide contacts, give you a support group, and get rid of writer's block and a lot of other bad habits. Don't stay forever.
C.X. Wood
My work and myself are nearly indistinguishable from each other. So, if I don't want to go to work, I have a real problem.
Also, it offers a lot of geographic and time-schedule freedom so I have a lot of interests that I am able to pursue.
Okay, that was just a warm up. The best part is that my work demands that I grow. I have to examine who I am, what I want, and where I am going all the time in order to keep putting words on the page.
Also, it offers a lot of geographic and time-schedule freedom so I have a lot of interests that I am able to pursue.
Okay, that was just a warm up. The best part is that my work demands that I grow. I have to examine who I am, what I want, and where I am going all the time in order to keep putting words on the page.
C.X. Wood
I am a working magazine writer so I whipped writer's block a long time ago. I'd be broke if I hadn't, which may go a long way toward the solution. Writing isn't really an option when you have a mortgage.
That said, I do have tricks. Most of these fall under the category of "managing procrastination." I give procrastination it's due. And then I count down on it like it's a two-year old and get back to work. Anything on the page is better than nothing. You can always change it later.
That said, I do have tricks. Most of these fall under the category of "managing procrastination." I give procrastination it's due. And then I count down on it like it's a two-year old and get back to work. Anything on the page is better than nothing. You can always change it later.
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