Ask the Author: Terri Bruce
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Terri Bruce
I love to hike, and when I'm in the woods, I always have a sense that I'm walking towards or into some place magical - like there might be fairies or unicorns right around the next bend. I've always wondered if the reason I've never seen any kind of creature or experienced anything unexplained in the woods is because I just haven't walked far enough.
Terri Bruce
I've found that writers' block is my subconscious telling me something isn't working with the story - there's a logical fallacy/plot hole to what is happening, someone isn't behaving true to character, I've written myself into a corner, etc. The only way to deal with it is to figure out what went wrong - which is easier said than done. A lot of the time I have to just wait for the answer to bubble to the surface. Sometimes I can aid my conscious mind in figuring out what the problem is by jumping ahead in the story and writing subsequent scenes that I feel good/confident about. That often will reveal what the problem is - a character who will do "Y" later in the story couldn't possibly have done "X" earlier or there is no way for the characters/plot to get from point X to point Y. Once I figure out what the problem is, poof!, the writer's block is gone and I'm back on track.
Terri Bruce
I'm currently finishing up the first draft of Whereafter, the third book in my Afterlife Series and working on a "sci-fi western". Plus, for 2015, my goal is to get a short-story published in either a magazine or anthology, so I'm working on writing several short stories.
Terri Bruce
I'm a huge introvert, so, for me, the best thing about being a writer is that it gives me a way to meet and interact with people I'm meeting for the first time. Normally, I'd be very shy and wouldn't know how to start a conversation, so having people start a conversation with me and having something that we can talk about is amazing. I've met so many wonderful people since becoming an author, people I probably wouldn't have been able to strike up a conversation with any other way.
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