Ask the Author: Susan Altstatt
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Susan Altstatt
Find something of all-absorbing interest to you to write about. Then finish what you write, so others can read it. If you can find a program where Your manuscript is critiqued by others, and theirs by you, it can be very enlightening. Constructive criticism is a real art. A pan from a critic who delivers nothing but scathing pans means nothing. A good critic must always be ready and willing to be entertained, moved and delighted. You will get good reviews and horrible reviews on the same work: everybody does. Look at the Goodreads or Amazon reviews of world-famous authors.
they always rage from one star to five. Keep calm and carry on.
they always rage from one star to five. Keep calm and carry on.
Susan Altstatt
I'm working at answering these questions, i.e. trying to teach myself effective use of social media in order to promote my book, "Belshangles," after which I will be working at preparing for publication its two sequels, "White Leather and Flawed Pearls," and "Nine Day's Wonder."
Susan Altstatt
The best thing about being a writer is to have someone read your work, and be touched by it.
Susan Altstatt
I force myself to write a sentence of some kind, any kind. Connect point A to point B, even if it's uninspired rubbish. Pretty soon, hopefully, the scene at hand begins to interest me enough so that I start trimming, rewording rearranging what I've written. I don't write a straight begin-at-the- beginning-go-til-you-come-to-end-then-stop type narrative very often; I write scenes that interest me, and grow them together. This random access style of composition is probably left over from my having started as a playwright.
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