Ask the Author: Marilyn Clay
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Marilyn Clay
Right now, March 2018, I'm starting to mentally plot the next book in my Juliette Abbott Regency-set Murder Mystery series. I only just got the germ of the story, the premise of the plot. When I feel like I'm ready to start writing, I'll begin to write the new story. Until then, I'll clean house. And mow the yard. Go out to eat with friends, things I don't do when I'm immersed in writing a book.
Marilyn Clay
To read a lot, then when you begin to write your own story, to write a lot. Write every day until your novel is finished. Then read it through at least five times, cutting as you go. Keep the parts that move the story forward, delete the rest.
Marilyn Clay
Getting to write everyday!
Marilyn Clay
Actually, I've never experienced writer's block. If I reach a place in my story when I'm uncertain what will happen next, I just go back a few chapters and edit a while until I know how things will move forward and then I get back to writing the story.
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