Ask the Author: Marshall Ross
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Marshall Ross
Vodka, mostly. No, that's not true at all. I write something, anything, usually junk. And I let it sit for a night. I don't believe in fighting it out at the keyboard. If I'm stuck I walk away and get back to it really early in the morning. If that doesn't do the trick, it means there's something bigger going wrong with the story. At that point I let myself go backward and look for how I may have written myself into a corner. And I give myself permission to change something I thought was great.
Marshall Ross
Write daily. Even when it's hard or you think you have nothing to say. Just write. And read. Read like crazy. Anything, comic books, cook books, Cormac McCarthy, it doesn't matter as long as it's good and it's inspirational. And don't keep your writing a secret. Tell people. A declaration makes it harder to quit.
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