Ask the Author: Cayt Lawson
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Cayt Lawson
I don't know if I am necessarily in a position to be advising aspiring writers yet. Also, I believe it depends greatly upon what your goals are as a writer. For instance, sometimes I write for ME and sometimes I write for my characters. When I write for me, it is to release demons. When I write for my characters, it is to tell their story and bring them to life. If I obtain those objectives, I consider that success. I do not feel publishing your writings is what qualifies you as a writer, nor financial success; if you are writing, then you are a writer. In my opinion, the difference between an aspiring writer and a writer, is simply picking up the pen.
Cayt Lawson
Writing, for me, is healing and frees my soul. The best thing about being a writer is that the process delivers me peace and answers to questions I never knew I was searching for.
Cayt Lawson
When I am feeling creatively exhausted, I try to remain productive by gathering more research on the time period specifics I am writing in; either via internet search engines, text books, or watching documentaries. Also, chocolate helps. Lotssss of chocolate... Haha!
Cayt Lawson
I have several other stories in the works, but at this moment I am undecided which I want most to commit to finishing.
Cayt Lawson
I have always written, ever since I learned how to wield a pencil and phonetically spell words. Before even that development, I recall verbally creating simple, childish, poems and songs. I've always had a passion for the poetic power of words. I do not know what outside example could have influenced me as a child, because writing certainly was not a hobby encouraged in my family. I've always just felt the inclination to write and so have always done.
Cayt Lawson
All of my manuscript ideas generally come to me in my sleep. I dream of characters and then write them down and build their story as soon as I get a chance to put pen to paper (or fingertips to keys, rather, in recent years, haha).
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