Ask the Author: Sean Cronin
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Sean Cronin
I do not believe there is 'writer's block.' There is laziness, fear, confusion, and distractions.
Sean Cronin
Having written.
And I don't have to shave in the morning.
And I don't have to shave in the morning.
Sean Cronin
Writers write. That's all the advice I have in a general sense.
Specifically? Use the fewest number of words possible to say it. You're not Dickens or Irving. You're not Faulkner or Gabo. Don't try to be it won't work.
Specifically? Use the fewest number of words possible to say it. You're not Dickens or Irving. You're not Faulkner or Gabo. Don't try to be it won't work.
Sean Cronin
I'm plotting out my new Breken Annersen mystery. For me plotting means letting my mind work unfettered. So I don't do treatments or outlines. I let Breken talk to me, see what comes.
Sean Cronin
Two answers:
1. I sit alone and write. That's it.
2. Rarely my protagonist Breken Annersen says, 'get off your butt, we have fun adventures to write and horrific crimes to solve.' And I do what what she says.
1. I sit alone and write. That's it.
2. Rarely my protagonist Breken Annersen says, 'get off your butt, we have fun adventures to write and horrific crimes to solve.' And I do what what she says.
Sean Cronin
In part from my son, who's a reporter. My protagonist Breken Annersen is a woman reporter for an international gossip magazine. Much of the background on her job is taken from my son's real life work.
In part Breken just came to me. She's a wonderful companion. Yeah, sounds silly. True, however.
In part Breken just came to me. She's a wonderful companion. Yeah, sounds silly. True, however.
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