Ask the Author: Jarrett McCall
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Jarrett McCall
Putting forth imagination on paper. Seeing what you have in you. Showing people the real you.
Jarrett McCall
Freewriting. Just start typing and things will come as you type.
Jarrett McCall
Freewrite at least five minutes per day. Never stop writing. Revise until it's to your liking. Write for yourself and not for a gatekeeper. Not everybody will like your writing, but enjoy those who do like it.
Jarrett McCall
A very long novel about a clown and a sheikh in a post-apocalyptic world, a novella about a family of blues experts living in Amsterdam, and a screenplay about seven Coptic cowgirl sisters from Vermont.
Jarrett McCall
By reading books by Don DeLillo, Donald Barthelme, and Ernest Hemingway. By watching movies by David Lynch, The Coen Brothers, and Paul Thomas Anderson. By listening to songs by Stereolab, Guided by Voices, and Steely Dan. Those inspire me to try to create art that is as great as their works.
Jarrett McCall
When I was in high school, I drew a picture of a man saying that he is a certain person's breathing advocate. I decided to expand upon that one sentence.
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