Ask the Author: Maria Grigorescu
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Maria Grigorescu
I am not sure I am qualified for advice.
But if you like writing, and you think you have something to share, something to say - then the first step: write it down!
But if you like writing, and you think you have something to share, something to say - then the first step: write it down!
Maria Grigorescu
You can write whatever is in your head, add to it, label it as fiction if you are afraid to admit it as reality.
Yes, it may sound like hiding behind the pen and copybook, but there is a sense of relief, a feeling of lightness and easiness that one can feel once the words are put on paper.
It makes me happy.
Yes, it may sound like hiding behind the pen and copybook, but there is a sense of relief, a feeling of lightness and easiness that one can feel once the words are put on paper.
It makes me happy.
Maria Grigorescu
I read my old journals and manuscripts.
I listen to people talking around me.
I listen to news, watch movies for inspiration.
A person, a word or a gesture can do it.
I listen to people talking around me.
I listen to news, watch movies for inspiration.
A person, a word or a gesture can do it.
Maria Grigorescu
I have two projects - work in progress.
1. A second book of stories, which will be about 80,000 words.
2. A historical novel about a Dacian princess.
1. A second book of stories, which will be about 80,000 words.
2. A historical novel about a Dacian princess.
Maria Grigorescu
I look for inspiration.
I am a day dreamer, or as we call it 'dream with open eyes'.
Usually the past is the best source of inspiration. I dwell into a past experience which was either painful or really happy, I look for old photos and letters. I keep mulling over that particular experience and in my head I try to change its outcome or events.
Long walks with my dog are another way of stopping the frustration of a block. I talk to my dog and while doing so, inspiration comes. I know few good stories that popped into my head in my walks.
Lots of reading. Sometimes a sentence or a character in a story makes a click in my head.
Free writing. Any idea of a plot, a sequence, sometimes a random dialogue between 2 people. It starts in my head I start writing it and I keep writing.
I have a board pinned with lots of such cards.
When I feel I have enough material, I sit and commit not to move away from the laptop at least until I obtained a rough draft. Then next time I commit to a revision.
I also believe that is important to admit the block, acknowledge it and let it go. Nothing you can do about. (that is the Yoga teacher in me that talks.:)
I am a day dreamer, or as we call it 'dream with open eyes'.
Usually the past is the best source of inspiration. I dwell into a past experience which was either painful or really happy, I look for old photos and letters. I keep mulling over that particular experience and in my head I try to change its outcome or events.
Long walks with my dog are another way of stopping the frustration of a block. I talk to my dog and while doing so, inspiration comes. I know few good stories that popped into my head in my walks.
Lots of reading. Sometimes a sentence or a character in a story makes a click in my head.
Free writing. Any idea of a plot, a sequence, sometimes a random dialogue between 2 people. It starts in my head I start writing it and I keep writing.
I have a board pinned with lots of such cards.
When I feel I have enough material, I sit and commit not to move away from the laptop at least until I obtained a rough draft. Then next time I commit to a revision.
I also believe that is important to admit the block, acknowledge it and let it go. Nothing you can do about. (that is the Yoga teacher in me that talks.:)
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