Ask the Author: A.P. Walston
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A.P. Walston
Write it down.
Write it ALL down.
You never know when one scene might come along and tie them all together.
Write it ALL down.
You never know when one scene might come along and tie them all together.
A.P. Walston
I try and figure out WHY I'm experiencing writer's block.
Is my creative tank empty? If so, I go read a new book or watch a movie that just released and see if that fills my tank and I am inspired again. Usually I get about 50 pages in and I'm ready to jot a couple hundred words down.
Am I just not feeling this scene? Then I bullet point what has to happen in that scene and come back to it later when its more willing to talk to me.
Am I distracted by *literally* everything around me? I might need a break from this project, but before I take that break I make myself put at least 500 words down. Sometimes just putting the words to paper opens up a well of inspiration and other times I really do need that break.
Is my creative tank empty? If so, I go read a new book or watch a movie that just released and see if that fills my tank and I am inspired again. Usually I get about 50 pages in and I'm ready to jot a couple hundred words down.
Am I just not feeling this scene? Then I bullet point what has to happen in that scene and come back to it later when its more willing to talk to me.
Am I distracted by *literally* everything around me? I might need a break from this project, but before I take that break I make myself put at least 500 words down. Sometimes just putting the words to paper opens up a well of inspiration and other times I really do need that break.
A.P. Walston
This is going to sound crazy, but dialogue inspires me. Some writers start with a situation, others start with an overarching plot. I start with dialogue. I hear characters and I wonder about them. Who they are, where they came from, what they want. And from that single bit of dialogue, I flesh them out and figure out what story they're telling.
A.P. Walston
"Gods & Monsters." Shelby Mahurin
"A Touch of Darkness." Scarlett St. Clair
"Small Favors." Erin A. Craig
"The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue." V.E. Schwab
"From Blood and Ash." Jennifer L. Armentrout
"Rule of Wolves." Leigh Bardugo
"Grave Mercy." Robin LeFevers
"A Touch of Darkness." Scarlett St. Clair
"Small Favors." Erin A. Craig
"The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue." V.E. Schwab
"From Blood and Ash." Jennifer L. Armentrout
"Rule of Wolves." Leigh Bardugo
"Grave Mercy." Robin LeFevers
A.P. Walston
This Savage Sea started as an argument between a brother and sister when they were children. As the story and the world grew around them, so did the siblings. They grew from eight or so years old into mid-twenties adults getting into the same trouble.
A.P. Walston
I'm currently working on Tides of Fate #2.
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