Ask the Author: JLynn Autumn
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JLynn Autumn
I like creating playlists for my books and listening to those while I'm working on the story. Each book has a unique playlist to help inspire scenes. Sometimes I add to it as the story progresses.
JLynn Autumn
Write everything. Don't box yourself into a genre early on. If you have an idea write it down. The first draft is never good, but don't quit.
JLynn Autumn
Bringing characters to life that my readers love
JLynn Autumn
Walk away from whatever is currently blocked, but don't walk away from writing entirely. I will pull up a future project and write a few pages on that. Anything to get words down.
JLynn Autumn
Narnia. It has fascinated me since I first read the books in Middle School. I'm thinking a trip to Narnia is due soon and I need to re-read the series
JLynn Autumn
Fighting with my characters. There are times that I have a clear plan on where a story is going and the characters will want to take it in an entirely different direction. Sometimes those directions are completely outside my comfort zone and my natural response is to fight it. I have found the more I fight, the harder it is to write and I ended up caught in a circle of argument. I've had to really focus on knowing that even though I'm the author, it's my job to tell the character's story, and sometimes that means accepting that the story is going in a new direction.
JLynn Autumn
I am working on a small town romance series that tells the story of a group of friends. Each story will technically stand alone, but will be inter-connected with the other characters. You will get the most from the storyline if you read them in order, but I also really liked the idea of being able to pick up any one of the books and enjoy the story.
JLynn Autumn
Game Changer started as a short story for a creative writing class. We were given the sentence "Chris began to question the wisdom of this trip" to use as the first line in the story. We had to have at least 2 flashback scenes. Originally the story was all from Chris's perspective and told her story with Jonathan and Kevin through a series of flashbacks as she drove home for the first time in years. I put the story away for 9 years and pulled it back out this summer and decided to completely rework the story. It's now primarily Kris and Jonathan's story told through dual perspective and contains one chapter with the flashback to Kevin.
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