Ask the Author: Hedonist Six
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Hedonist Six
Every overheard conversation, events from my own life, even events in TV shows or movies, or better yet, reality TV, are potential sources of inspiration. My work tends to be contemporary and focuses on realistic characters, so I get my ideas from real life.
Hedonist Six
The infinite possibilities. The best thing about being a writer is knowing that there are entire worlds out there just waiting to be explored.
Hedonist Six
It's important to figure out what's causing me to be blocked. Am I just running out of creative steam? Or is it a specific story that's creating problems? I've found that often when I find myself sitting in front of a blank page with no idea how to proceed, it's because something in the story is not working right and I need to give my subconscious time to find a solution first.
Once I have that crucial realisation of how to fix the story, words start to flow on their own.
If I'm generally blocked, it may help to write something completely different, a rant, or a blog post, even if I don't publish it. Afterwards I tend to feel better and more receptive to working on my fiction projects.
Once I have that crucial realisation of how to fix the story, words start to flow on their own.
If I'm generally blocked, it may help to write something completely different, a rant, or a blog post, even if I don't publish it. Afterwards I tend to feel better and more receptive to working on my fiction projects.
Hedonist Six
Stop worrying and wondering if you can write and just do it.
And: most of us look back at what our first works and think they suck, and that's OK. You can always fix it later, when you know better.
And: most of us look back at what our first works and think they suck, and that's OK. You can always fix it later, when you know better.
Hedonist Six
At the moment I'm making sure The Rebound List is going to be ready for its release on the 28th of July. I've also started on a loosely related novella, featuring Sally and Mark, who are side characters in The Rebound List. It's still too early on in the process to be able to make predictions about release dates.
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