Ask the Author: Sherrie Bain
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Sherrie Bain
There is no lack of inspirational triggers for me. Some are just clear out of my imagination stories, but there are also lots of inspiration either from personal experiences: places I've visited or people I've met, etc.
Sherrie Bain
I have several projects on the keyboard at this time. I'm working on another children's book and I also have two other adult novellas I want to complete by the end of the year.
Sherrie Bain
1. Write what you want and what would interest you as a reader instead of attempting to write for a particular genre or audience. I love watching movies and reading books and when I'm writing I think of what it is about those stories or movies that interest me as a viewer. The ones that I enjoy most usually turn out to be the films or books that tell a story that the director or writer wants to share, instead of a story that is marketed to attract a certain audience.
I think most "blockbuster" movies for example, are not quite as authentic as those independent films that aren't trying to pass the MPAA muster for a PG-13 rating just so they can have a more successful financial debut. I usually enjoy the movies that may still be for a wide audience, but that are authentic.
2. Never stop writing. Even if you never become a major success, or if it takes a long time, it's still better to write and express yourself as opposed to letting the fear of rejection hinder your efforts.
3. Challenge yourself to write outside the box. For my first novella, "Midnight At Herlong Manor" instead of writing from a female perspective I decided to challenge myself to create a male protagonist and to write the story primarily from his perspective.
I think most "blockbuster" movies for example, are not quite as authentic as those independent films that aren't trying to pass the MPAA muster for a PG-13 rating just so they can have a more successful financial debut. I usually enjoy the movies that may still be for a wide audience, but that are authentic.
2. Never stop writing. Even if you never become a major success, or if it takes a long time, it's still better to write and express yourself as opposed to letting the fear of rejection hinder your efforts.
3. Challenge yourself to write outside the box. For my first novella, "Midnight At Herlong Manor" instead of writing from a female perspective I decided to challenge myself to create a male protagonist and to write the story primarily from his perspective.
Sherrie Bain
I think it's the feeling of conjuring a story you want to share out and connecting with a reader, or just feeling within myself that I'm happy with the outcome of my efforts.
Sherrie Bain
My writer's block is not the classical form. I don't really get writer's block where I can't write. I sometimes get "lazy writer's syndrome" where I literally get too lazy to actually write/type out my thoughts. I find this can be very unfortunate because I will sometimes think up a brilliant (in my opinion) way that I want to express some aspect of a story, but I'm too lazy to write it down immediately. When I try to do it a few days later I don't always get it down in its original form. I don't allow myself to indulge in my "lazy writer's syndrome" too much anymore but there are some times when I still do it--always to my regret.
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