Ask the Author: Sari Sikstrom
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Sari Sikstrom
How does this serve the story? That is the question that drives me in writing. I pare away details of personal experiences that do not serve the story. This becomes a thread that is woven into the fiction so it does not read like an excerpt from my diary.
Sari Sikstrom
A book of short stories growing up on the wrong side of the tracks.
Sari Sikstrom
Create your own world.
Sari Sikstrom
There are so many ways to describe eating an apple. I want the reader to taste, smell, feel,hear the experience.
Sari Sikstrom
I love inscriptions written in the books - it is a glimpse into the relationship between two people.
Sari Sikstrom
No one will read your work as many times as you do. If you have to read a passage over and over - you will lose your reader.
Sari Sikstrom
I read the piece I am writing aloud and listen. If I can't read it smoothly - I work that line until it flows.
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