Ask the Author: Roy McCarthy
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Roy McCarthy
Watching an Amnesty International film concerning sex trafficking. That was seven years ago. It took that long to do the subject some justice.
Roy McCarthy
Usually it's a theme that interests me on a personal level, otherwise I'm sure the project would fail.
Roy McCarthy
Nothing. Just finished my eighth book. My last perhaps? We'll see.
Roy McCarthy
Sit down and write. Don't do it for the riches, there aren't any. Do it for simple pleasure and learn as you go.
Roy McCarthy
The creative process itself is pleasing, and way different from my day job. And the satisfaction of completing a half-decent book.
Roy McCarthy
If I don't feel like writing I just don't write. I think this question applies mostly to those professional writers up against a deadline.
I do have a trick for efficient use of time though - a timer (sand-filled, like an egg-timer) and I'm not allowed to do anything but write until its 40 minutes are up.
One piece of advice I've heard which makes sense - 'If your writing is blocked, go back and find where it went wrong and start again from there.'
I do have a trick for efficient use of time though - a timer (sand-filled, like an egg-timer) and I'm not allowed to do anything but write until its 40 minutes are up.
One piece of advice I've heard which makes sense - 'If your writing is blocked, go back and find where it went wrong and start again from there.'
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