Ask the Author: Ross B. Lampert
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Ross B. Lampert
The Best of Lewis Carroll, The Writer's Legal Companion, and Light of the Dragon by Susan Trombley
Ross B. Lampert
Chrysalis, the sequel to The Eternity Plague, specifically the synopses, cover blurb, and tag line. The manuscript is ready for a professional editor's and my beta-readers' reviews.
Ross B. Lampert
Getting to read the story before anyone else!
Ross B. Lampert
Step 1: put your butt in the chair and write.
Step 2: get constructive feedback.
Step 3: pay attention to and learn from that feedback, even when you don't agree with all of it (or any of it).
Step 4: use that feedback to improve your work.
Step 5: repeat steps 1-4 until you find yourself changing "happy" to "glad" and "small dog" to "puppy." At that point, get the work out the door.
Step 6: go back to step 1 with a new work.
Step 2: get constructive feedback.
Step 3: pay attention to and learn from that feedback, even when you don't agree with all of it (or any of it).
Step 4: use that feedback to improve your work.
Step 5: repeat steps 1-4 until you find yourself changing "happy" to "glad" and "small dog" to "puppy." At that point, get the work out the door.
Step 6: go back to step 1 with a new work.
Ross B. Lampert
By sitting down at the keyboard, or with a pad of paper and a pencil, and writing. Waiting for inspiration to strike is unproductive 99%+ of the time. Having an outline helps me when I'm writing something new but it's not a requirement.
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