Ask the Author: Elizabeth M. Thompson
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Elizabeth M. Thompson
I haven't ever had a problem with it. In fact I often find myself with too many ideas crowding into my head. I write them down as short prompts and then sometimes read through the list to make up my mind about my next project.
Just reading the dictionary and settling on a particular word and dwelling on it can sometimes set the wheels rolling and a story will form. Listening into conversations or snippets of a conversation can help, or sitting in a coffee shop watching people go about their daily lives and making up stories and situations about people you just see passing by. The world is full of stories and sometimes it is the ordinary and small which can hold a vivid and enthralling tale.
Just reading the dictionary and settling on a particular word and dwelling on it can sometimes set the wheels rolling and a story will form. Listening into conversations or snippets of a conversation can help, or sitting in a coffee shop watching people go about their daily lives and making up stories and situations about people you just see passing by. The world is full of stories and sometimes it is the ordinary and small which can hold a vivid and enthralling tale.
Elizabeth M. Thompson
Life can never be dull or lonely. Every sense you have can be used, all of your imagination and each experience good or painful can make you a better writer. No matter how old you get you can still write and it should become a richer and wiser experience for you and your readers.
Elizabeth M. Thompson
Write. Don't listen to your personal censor and don't listen to your external critics. If you feel the need to write or express yourself in any way which is not harmful to others, then do it.
Elizabeth M. Thompson
I am writing a poetry collection and including photographs. It will be a reflection of my life and the place in which I live.
Elizabeth M. Thompson
By life, people, causes and the need to express in words what animals and some people are unable to see or say.
I also prefer to make people smile in understanding and empathy when they read of human foibles and vanities rather than force the tears that suffering and anger in a story can bring.
I also prefer to make people smile in understanding and empathy when they read of human foibles and vanities rather than force the tears that suffering and anger in a story can bring.
Elizabeth M. Thompson
My most recent book is a novel, Ants Aunts and Funerals, which contains characters I have met throughout my life in various situations. Some are conglomerates of people I have known, others are people I have met,sometimes very briefly but who have left lasting impressions.
I tried to give a humorous but equally genuine feel for the bush as I remember the old churches and small towns in the country where I lived.
I tried to give a humorous but equally genuine feel for the bush as I remember the old churches and small towns in the country where I lived.
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