Ask the Author: Kat Heckenbach
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Kat Heckenbach
My biggest piece of advice for aspiring writers is to keep learning--not just about the writing craft, but about yourself. Learn what your writing voice is. Learn your personal strengths and weaknesses. And learn to discern what advice to take and what advice to discard from other writers.
Kat Heckenbach
As someone who is both an author and artist, one way I deal with writer's block is to switch my creative focus. I work on my art for a while until the writing begins to call to me again. If, however, I am on deadline or I am feeling the need to write but don't know where to take the story, I work on it in a different way. Maybe change what scene I'm tackling, or write out my ideas in a notebook (good old-fashioned brainstorming). Sometimes I've just been so frustrated, I start venting in an email to a fellow author/friend/critique partner, explaining what I can't figure out, and in the process the answer to the next move will emerge.
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