Ask the Author: Donald Furrow-Scott
Answered Questions (6)
Donald Furrow-Scott
20 years in the wine field.
Donald Furrow-Scott
Music inspires my visions.
Donald Furrow-Scott
The fourth novel in the Wine's Anvil series; "Hard Cane."
Donald Furrow-Scott
You don't have to know everything before beginning. It's ok to learn along the way. Let's say that writing a book is a journey across the country. If you are comfortable hitch-hiking, put on the backpack. If flying and confirmed hotel reservations are the only way you can be comfortable, then plan and work out how to afford the airfare & bookings.
There are many exercises, workouts, and tricks that can help at different times along the way. Gather them up! Keep them in your writer's toolbox! But keep them in perspective and timely. Delaying your departure because you don't have proper shoes is probably a sage move. Delaying your departure from the East Coast because you first want to learn mule riding for the Grand Canyon portion of the trip will likely mean you never get started.
There are many exercises, workouts, and tricks that can help at different times along the way. Gather them up! Keep them in your writer's toolbox! But keep them in perspective and timely. Delaying your departure because you don't have proper shoes is probably a sage move. Delaying your departure from the East Coast because you first want to learn mule riding for the Grand Canyon portion of the trip will likely mean you never get started.
Donald Furrow-Scott
The expression.
Donald Furrow-Scott
I've never experienced that quintessential "writer's block," though many experiences of life probably mirror that syndrome. I'll talk about the three that come closest.
Plotting adventures for decades taught me when you get stuck on one plot, move to another. Writing seven books at once gives me plenty of outlets to avoid log-jammed perspectives and stay creatively fresh.
There are always ebbs and flows when writing creativity. Forming ideas can be a struggle at times, at least as far as an internal conversation can become a wrestling match. I fall back on Zen techniques while pondering these struggles and treat them like a Koan. The new ideas from this meditation that transform me instead of vice-versa usually provide the necessary satori or epiphany.
I am a farmer; that means long hours in the sun and rain, which can leave a person considerably drained of creativity in the evenings. So I prefer to write in the mornings.
Plotting adventures for decades taught me when you get stuck on one plot, move to another. Writing seven books at once gives me plenty of outlets to avoid log-jammed perspectives and stay creatively fresh.
There are always ebbs and flows when writing creativity. Forming ideas can be a struggle at times, at least as far as an internal conversation can become a wrestling match. I fall back on Zen techniques while pondering these struggles and treat them like a Koan. The new ideas from this meditation that transform me instead of vice-versa usually provide the necessary satori or epiphany.
I am a farmer; that means long hours in the sun and rain, which can leave a person considerably drained of creativity in the evenings. So I prefer to write in the mornings.
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more