Ask the Author: Alan McCluskey
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Alan McCluskey
The relationship between the author and his or her characters and being able to master the words to tell the story.
Alan McCluskey
Write a lot. Read a lot. And plunge yourself in the world of your characters, letting them guide you in the telling of the story.
Alan McCluskey
I am currently working on a dystopian novel about a girl who is born to save the world, but many things hinder her efforts...
Alan McCluskey
Hmmm! As an inspirational writer I have to be attuned to the characters and what is happening in the story. When I get disconnected I can't write satisfactorily. So the trick is to get back into the mood of the story which I generally do by reading over the story (or part of it) up to the point where I left off.
Alan McCluskey
I would call myself an inspirational writer, that's to say I let the characters and the situations inspire what I write. I rarely have a plan for the whole book.
Alan McCluskey
In Search of Lost Girls is the sequel to Boy & Girl so part of the idea for the book was suggested by the previous one. But mostly the ideas were suggested by the characters themselves. I had not planned to write a sequel but the character insisted I continue the story.
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