L.D. Doornbosch

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L D Doornbosch grew up in the Midwest, in a suburb of Waterloo, Iowa. She moved to Arizona as a teen, where she still resides today. She spent twenty years in broadcast news, on and off the air, before a career move to technology. Throughout her life, she created technical and practical manuals for work related topics. With her first book, Finding Keepers, she shifted her focus to creating a manual on personal relationships, one with step-by-step instructions on the process of finding the right person.

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L.D. Doornbosch When I'm absolutely stuck, I write out the next section as though I were doing a news report on what's happening in the story. After all, I know where…moreWhen I'm absolutely stuck, I write out the next section as though I were doing a news report on what's happening in the story. After all, I know where I want to go, and know the next logical step to get there. If I use dispassionate terms to describe the situation, it still gets words down.

I find that most of the time when I write a news-style segment it gets me back into the story, and generates enough of a framework that I can go back and edit in the emotional elements.(less)
L.D. Doornbosch Being a writer now fulfills a lifetime dream for me. There's a sense of accomplishment to it that's not like anything else. I've always scribbled down…moreBeing a writer now fulfills a lifetime dream for me. There's a sense of accomplishment to it that's not like anything else. I've always scribbled down story lines and ideas. When I'm able to flesh those out and create multi-dimensional characters who seem real to me, it's a genuine high.(less)
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Digging Up Bones

Ask most writers where they get their ideas, and if they're honest they'll probably reply, "Everywhere!" My own sources have ranged from current events to an obscure history textbook found at a second-hand store, to flower blooming by my bedroom window.

The best ideas - and some of the hardest to write - can come from our own personal history. Dredging up memories brings that pain right back to the Read more of this blog post »
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Published on March 01, 2016 10:26 Tags: action, emotion, show, writing
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