Ask the Author: Jenny Sullivan
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Jenny Sullivan
I've never had it. However, another author gave a group I was part of a way of coping. It might work... Begin a story by writing the last paragraph and work back from there until you get to the beginning. I tried this just for fun and got a good short story out of it. Another way of just getting started is to use " Once upon a time", carry on to the end and then find your beginning a paragraph or so in!
Jenny Sullivan
The spin-off: going into schools and colleges and working with children and adults, helping them to write. I have a PhD in creative writing, and it's great to give other people encouragement.
Jenny Sullivan
Put your bum on a chair in front of a desk with a pencil and pad or a computer, and WRITE. Repeat. You'll get there sometime, I promise. Additionally, read and read and read some more.
Jenny Sullivan
The third part of my Owain Glyndwr trilogy for adults, the third part of the Cake Bake series and I'm also germinating an idea for a collection of poetry for kids.
Jenny Sullivan
I'm inspired By all sorts of things, but mainly by people I meet, especially children. "Full Moon" and "Totally Batty" however, were inspired by the underground railway that operated in the Deep South of America before the Civil War, helping black slaves escape to the free North. My imagination has always been wild, and this time it came up with an underground railway for supernatural beings...
Jenny Sullivan
I was inspired by Bake Off on TV - though the book has nothing at all to do with the TV programme!
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