Ask the Author: Jon Mitchell
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Jon Mitchell
It was a natural evolution of the stuff I had been writing in short, furious bursts every day throughout my career. Once I had the opportunity to slow down, space it out, and really spell it out in a book, all that past work made sense in a way it never had before.
Jon Mitchell
By reading and talking and taking walks. My ideas come from outside, so if I want more ideas, I just open up to them from all around me.
Jon Mitchell
I'm getting back into the groove of blogging daily again in the run-up to my book release. It's been fun extending the subject matter of In Real Life on http://inreal.life/blog, and I'm thrilled to keep doing it long after the ink is dry and the book is out.
Jon Mitchell
Find your beat. Even if it's fiction, I think all sustainable writing projects are journalistic in nature. That is, you've got an inquiry burning in your mind, and you throw every word you've got at that inquiry. It comes across to readers as persistence, and that's what they want from you.
Jon Mitchell
It's the perfect excuse to read all the time!
Jon Mitchell
I have set up the sources of novelty in my life to be a source of inspiration at just the right volume and speed. When I can't keep the pen or cursor moving to the right anymore, I launch my RSS reader and see what new discoveries are there, and usually one or more of them get me going again.
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