Ask the Author: William Arsenis
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William Arsenis
Have you ever woken up not knowing where you are? Do you recall that post-sleep scrambling to fill in the pieces to the puzzle of your life? It's like your ego is being re-assembled.
Ever since I was a little boy, I've believed that I could wake up as anybody, male, female, of any age, and in any time period, and I would believe it because I would have no memory of the person I was before, only of who I am now.
I also believe that traveling back in time is only possible if you shift to an alternate reality or parallel universe. It's stretching string theory, but that's the premise for Warren Archer's ability.
Warren can shift through realities, but he doesn't know it. Whenever things go sour, he shifts to a reality where the event never occurred.
This is the framework for THE PARADISE SYNDROME.
Ever since I was a little boy, I've believed that I could wake up as anybody, male, female, of any age, and in any time period, and I would believe it because I would have no memory of the person I was before, only of who I am now.
I also believe that traveling back in time is only possible if you shift to an alternate reality or parallel universe. It's stretching string theory, but that's the premise for Warren Archer's ability.
Warren can shift through realities, but he doesn't know it. Whenever things go sour, he shifts to a reality where the event never occurred.
This is the framework for THE PARADISE SYNDROME.
William Arsenis
I've always had a wild imagination and a talent for telling a tale.
One day I was walking back from work (before I became a pilot) and daydreaming evolved into a plot that I thought would make for a great book.
I didn't know if I could write a book, but the story was so good, I felt I had to give it a try.
It took me over two decades to finish that story, but in 2013, I published WHEN DEATH WON'T DO and briefly on January 1st, 2014, it ranked #2 in sagas and #4 in mystery/suspense on Amazon Kindle.
One day I was walking back from work (before I became a pilot) and daydreaming evolved into a plot that I thought would make for a great book.
I didn't know if I could write a book, but the story was so good, I felt I had to give it a try.
It took me over two decades to finish that story, but in 2013, I published WHEN DEATH WON'T DO and briefly on January 1st, 2014, it ranked #2 in sagas and #4 in mystery/suspense on Amazon Kindle.
William Arsenis
I'm currently working on my second novel, THE PARADISE SYNDROME,
It's an alternate reality romance novel about a guy who meets the love of his life over and over, but despite his best efforts, each time the result is worse. If only he could change things and make them as they should be.
What if he can? What if he didn't know until it was too late it was always up to him?
I will be taking the prepublication manuscript to the 2016 RWA conference in San Diego this coming July.
http://williamarsenis.com/books/the-p...
It's an alternate reality romance novel about a guy who meets the love of his life over and over, but despite his best efforts, each time the result is worse. If only he could change things and make them as they should be.
What if he can? What if he didn't know until it was too late it was always up to him?
I will be taking the prepublication manuscript to the 2016 RWA conference in San Diego this coming July.
http://williamarsenis.com/books/the-p...
William Arsenis
Write the first draft of your first novel without stopping. Don't worry about plot, spelling, grammar, or any of those things.
The first draft of anything is shit, according to Hemingway, and I've found this to be true every time.
The important thing is to write that first draft so that you give yourself the confidence that comes with the knowledge that you can write a book.
Then rewrite the book until every sentence makes you proud. Give it to an editor and rewrite it until ever sentence makes your editor proud.
Now you're ready to attend a writer's conference, meet your agent, and start your career.
And to quote Airplane: "Good luck, we're all counting on you!"
The first draft of anything is shit, according to Hemingway, and I've found this to be true every time.
The important thing is to write that first draft so that you give yourself the confidence that comes with the knowledge that you can write a book.
Then rewrite the book until every sentence makes you proud. Give it to an editor and rewrite it until ever sentence makes your editor proud.
Now you're ready to attend a writer's conference, meet your agent, and start your career.
And to quote Airplane: "Good luck, we're all counting on you!"
William Arsenis
Getting lost in the flow.
William Arsenis
That's a trick question. Who said I have writer's block?
I gauge my productivity by word count. Most of my writing consists of a dialogue with myself in note form. That evolves into an outline which expands into prose and eventually becomes a first draft.
I follow the same process for subsequent drafts, but with increasing emphasis on prose.
This system developed naturally for me after decades of writing, and thus far, I have not once suffered from writer's block.
I gauge my productivity by word count. Most of my writing consists of a dialogue with myself in note form. That evolves into an outline which expands into prose and eventually becomes a first draft.
I follow the same process for subsequent drafts, but with increasing emphasis on prose.
This system developed naturally for me after decades of writing, and thus far, I have not once suffered from writer's block.
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