Ask the Author: Freya Wolfe
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Freya Wolfe
Firstly, give it some space. Step away and stop fretting over it. Secondly, talk it over. Even with someone who can't actually give you ideas - just verbalising can really help you get to the bottom of a problem. Lastly, get yourself a physical representation of it to remind you. A friend of mine, for a secret santa, made me a 'writer's block' - just a piece of wood on which he'd written that you can only have one writer's block, and this was mine - so I'd never be bothered by it again. It might not literally be true, but metaphorically it reminds me that any stoppages are just in my mind.
Freya Wolfe
Telling stories. Finding out stuff. Making things up. Take your pick.
Freya Wolfe
It's cliched, but just write. If you want to be a writer, at the end of the day, that's what you've got to do. I think also though, don't be afraid to chuck stuff out. There's a feeling, especially when you start writing, that you need to use everything - some of it probably isn't that good, so don't be afraid to get rid of it or file it somewhere to be looked at later.
Freya Wolfe
I'm currently working on the second Vida Henrikson novel, Bloodlines, which should be out at the end of the year, all being well.
Freya Wolfe
I've always got something going around in my head. Reading the newspapers is always a great source, as there's so much weird stuff going on in the world, but otherwise it can just be something that somebody says. The second Vida novel starts with a scene on a campsite, which is almost directly something that happened to me - although thankfully without any murder involved.
Freya Wolfe
This first novel came from my central character in the first instance. Vida appeared to me out of nowhere - originally, she was a PI in a futuristic dystopian novel that didn't go anywhere past the initial thinking stage. Then I got really interested in Forensic Linguistics - here was an area that combined my love of the English Language with my other love, crime. From there, the story just sort of evolved, with a lot of help from a friend.
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