Ask the Author: Jennifer Lieberman
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Jennifer Lieberman
Once upon a time in the future everyone communicates through emojis instead of words. The nuance of language is lost.
Jennifer Lieberman
That's a tough one, but I guess Louis Carroll's "Wonderland".
Jennifer Lieberman
This summer's reading list includes J.D. Salinger's "Nine Stories", James Bird's "The Brave", and Aristotle's "Poetics". I just re-read Hess' Steppnewolf and thoroughly enjoyed Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None".
Jennifer Lieberman
Words can create worlds. Words can create change. Words can comfort, words can confront. Words are the greatest superpower we all don't know we have. So wake up and use you words people!
Jennifer Lieberman
I don't. I refuse to. I am not willing to write through resistance. I am really easy on myself like that. I know myself well enough to know that one day of inspired writing can be worth more that two weeks of uninspired, hair pulling, nail biting and calorie consuming anxiety. I find things to do that bring me joy and inspiration. Hiking, going out with some friends, seeing a concert, getting drunk on a crazy night out (yeah I said it!). I focus on putting myself in a mood where I feel good creative and imaginative and free and then the writing comes.
Jennifer Lieberman
Just write it down, don't worry about it being good or making sense, just write, and keep writing if it pulls you.
I like to make maps of where I like to go before I actually start anything, I might write a phrase or a speech or a scene, but I don't tackle anything head on without a map or outline. I like to outline my story before I sit down to write it, I need to have an idea of the big picture as opposed to just sitting down and having a go at it.
Things will change, the story will go in directions I never imagined, I might throw out pages and then look for them weeks later...I am not married to the map, it just gives me bite sized chewable pieces to focus on at a time.
The map is great to help weave your plot together as new ideas come to you, you can mark up the map as you go reminding yourself to bring back characters or references or where you are in an arc of the b or c story line. Then it also serves as an index when you need to cut, or rework sections, and make sure not so cut a reference or situation that needs to be moved out of the cut section and remain part of the story.
Let me know if this was helpful.
I like to make maps of where I like to go before I actually start anything, I might write a phrase or a speech or a scene, but I don't tackle anything head on without a map or outline. I like to outline my story before I sit down to write it, I need to have an idea of the big picture as opposed to just sitting down and having a go at it.
Things will change, the story will go in directions I never imagined, I might throw out pages and then look for them weeks later...I am not married to the map, it just gives me bite sized chewable pieces to focus on at a time.
The map is great to help weave your plot together as new ideas come to you, you can mark up the map as you go reminding yourself to bring back characters or references or where you are in an arc of the b or c story line. Then it also serves as an index when you need to cut, or rework sections, and make sure not so cut a reference or situation that needs to be moved out of the cut section and remain part of the story.
Let me know if this was helpful.
Jennifer Lieberman
Several things! I let ideas simmer until the pot is ready to explode. I can jot down notes on a concept for years before it's fully formed and others project I can write in a week or a month. It all depends on the scope of it. So at any give time I have a few pots boiling.
Jennifer Lieberman
Life! Just taking in my surroundings triggers ideas. I never force myself to write or call upon it. I always let it come to me, that seems to work best for my process.
Jennifer Lieberman
"Year of the Slut" is an adaptation of my solo-show. I wrote the play as a way to showcase myself as an actor and writer when I was living in Los Angeles. I played 10 different character in the show and got to take it to New York City for the Frigid Festival where we received the Audience Choice Award. After the success in New York someone suggested writing the novel, so I did. I hope you enjoy it!
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