Ask the Author: Jay Fortune
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Jay Fortune
I have yet to experience this and I've been writing for 20 years. I think my other creative pursuits as an artist and magician all help me switch focus to keep the energy flowing.
I mentioned in a previous answer how I wrote a story recently about writers block as a way to fend off any lurking demons... one way to overcome it would perhaps be to write about that very process. The act of writing in itself, may shift any blocks.
Failing that, I'd probably go for a run. Break the monotony.
I mentioned in a previous answer how I wrote a story recently about writers block as a way to fend off any lurking demons... one way to overcome it would perhaps be to write about that very process. The act of writing in itself, may shift any blocks.
Failing that, I'd probably go for a run. Break the monotony.
Jay Fortune
The infinite possibilities that doesn't cost anything to bring into creation.
If you want to write about a cataclysmic event with millions of people involved, then you can do this immediately without any expense. Where-as, if you were a film-maker, you'd need storyboards, huge budgets, casting, directing, film equipment... the list would be endless and expensive.
But as writers, we can simply write... anytime, anywhere.
I find that totally empowering and, at times, a little overwhelming!
If you want to write about a cataclysmic event with millions of people involved, then you can do this immediately without any expense. Where-as, if you were a film-maker, you'd need storyboards, huge budgets, casting, directing, film equipment... the list would be endless and expensive.
But as writers, we can simply write... anytime, anywhere.
I find that totally empowering and, at times, a little overwhelming!
Jay Fortune
If you want to be anything in life, don't overthink it, just do it.
If you want to be an artist, start drawing. If you want to be an athlete, start running.
And, if you want to be an author, start writing. There... you're a writer!
If you want to be an artist, start drawing. If you want to be an athlete, start running.
And, if you want to be an author, start writing. There... you're a writer!
Jay Fortune
The sequel to All Fall Down, my debut adult novel which was released in bookshops in the UK this summer.
Jay Fortune
It's something I just have to do and get it out of my head and onto the page.
A few months ago I found I was reading a lot about authors with writers block and realised that many artists and other creatives get this too. I wrote a story about writers block as a way to fend off the demons.
I love to read and good writing inspires me to write.
A few months ago I found I was reading a lot about authors with writers block and realised that many artists and other creatives get this too. I wrote a story about writers block as a way to fend off the demons.
I love to read and good writing inspires me to write.
Jay Fortune
It started with one clear, simple image - a young girl throwing an apple to her father who was mysteriously floating in the sky above her.
Interestingly, that image never made it into the final book!
I think my previous career as a magician and my current career as an artist, allows me to play with perception, question the nature of reality and write visual scenes as they appear in my imagination like finished paintings.
Interestingly, that image never made it into the final book!
I think my previous career as a magician and my current career as an artist, allows me to play with perception, question the nature of reality and write visual scenes as they appear in my imagination like finished paintings.
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