Ask the Author: Jessica White
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Jessica White
Pick a time of day to write for at least 20 minutes and read at least a chapter of a book each day. You have to develop the habit of writing and you have to know what good and bad writing sounds like, how it's structured, and how characters, settings, and plot are developed.
Second you have to find a good writing and critique partner. Your writing partner is usually someone who can keep you accountable and you can work out ideas with. They may or may not also be your critique partner. Critique partners can look at your work with a objective eye. You want someone who is both a reader and understands plot and character development. If you are fortunate enough to be able to hire a developmental editor, do your research and go for it.
Second you have to find a good writing and critique partner. Your writing partner is usually someone who can keep you accountable and you can work out ideas with. They may or may not also be your critique partner. Critique partners can look at your work with a objective eye. You want someone who is both a reader and understands plot and character development. If you are fortunate enough to be able to hire a developmental editor, do your research and go for it.
Jessica White
Surviving the Stillness began as an attempt to figure out who were the last people to live in what is now called the Morgan-Foster Estate mansion. After a dream about a large Victorian house with a school attached. I came up with this well to do family, decided that because it was located in West Virginia that their money would come from owning coal mines and that the mother would be a headmistress of a private academy for girls. Abigail Morgan was her daughter.
Then I had a dream about a boy who fell down a flight of stairs and there were nuns running a school which became St. Catherine's orphanage. That developed my second character Matthew Mason.
Then I had a dream about a boy who fell down a flight of stairs and there were nuns running a school which became St. Catherine's orphanage. That developed my second character Matthew Mason.
Jessica White
I am currently working on Book 2 in the series told from Samuel Morgan's and Dr. Mason's POV. I also have begun a novella about Helen's and Dr. (Matthias) Mason's years in medical college (1898-1904).
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