Ask the Author: Anne Stenhouse
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Anne Stenhouse
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Anne Stenhouse
For the book group, I'm about to start Europa by Tim Parks.
Anne Stenhouse
Really find this one of the most difficult questions. I like when an idea enthuses me because it's so easy to get that first rough draft onto the screen. Sometimes the idea will encapsulate something I've ached to write about but didn't have the 'complete' package. I'm working on one of those at the moment and it's sheer joy.
Anne Stenhouse
Perfection. Idea - rough draft - re-draft - edited draft - Perfection.
When the cake you're baking doesn't rise, it's spoiled and you have to make a fresh one. When the passage you've written doesn't work, you can keep at it until it does.
When the cake you're baking doesn't rise, it's spoiled and you have to make a fresh one. When the passage you've written doesn't work, you can keep at it until it does.
Anne Stenhouse
I can't say I've ever really suffered from writer's block although there will be fallow times when the brain needs a wee rest. I find it helps to be in a writers' group because they're likely to have competitions or set challenges. It's really useful to write out of one's comfort zone from time to time. My last effort was for the Elizabeth Goudge (closed) competition of the RNA. Didn't make the shortlist, but the judge remembered my title when we next spoke. Given the distinguished competition - that was a REsult.
Anne Stenhouse
A bit of publicity for Bella's Betrothal which is on special offer of 99c/77p this weekend, 25th - 27th July. Check out my blog post http://goo.gl/ILNek6 for click through links.
Anne Stenhouse
Don't ignore the spooky feeling you get when something resonates. It might well be the answer to a plot question you don't yet know you have or are going to have.
Anne Stenhouse
My work in progress is the result of entering a competition to update a fairy tale. I'm 30,000 words in and loving the central characters - as always.
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