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Ryan Beaupit

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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Ryan Beaupit This is a pretty easy one, actually. I won't get too deep into the details, but when I was a sophomore in high school, I was in a relationship with a …moreThis is a pretty easy one, actually. I won't get too deep into the details, but when I was a sophomore in high school, I was in a relationship with a girl. We were both really happy with each other, but her stepfather was incredibly controlling. There were fake emails and props and miscommunications. It went from a really fantastic relationship to kind of awful. The summer after that year, I spent most of it wondering what was going on and where she was and what was happening.

Cut to the start of my junior year (her senior year) and I showed up to school, went to her locker, but she wasn't there. We both played tennis and I was helping out the girls' team, so I held out hope that she'd show up there afterschool. She didn't.

And that was it. I did not see her or hear from her for years after that. I did not find her until the summer after my junior year in college. My college friends helped me track her down and find out where her job was. It was kind of surreal. I'd even written something for one of my college courses about this entire situation and the multitude of emotions I was going through.

It was a really fascinating adventure. I've told that story in great detail to enough people to know it fairly well. I still have dozens of notes that we passed back and forth to each other in chemistry class (where we met). I'm sure parts of it would have to be dramatized, but it's pretty close to ready in its existing form.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Ryan Beaupit I think the ideal way is to treat it like sleep or hunger. Sleep when you're tired. Eat when you're hungry. Write when you're motivated.

That's how I t…moreI think the ideal way is to treat it like sleep or hunger. Sleep when you're tired. Eat when you're hungry. Write when you're motivated.

That's how I tend to operate as long as I have the time to handle things that way. Writing Decline of the Dragons... I kind of forced the issue for the first draft. I don't think that was a bad decision, per se, but I know that a lot of what was in that first draft got changed or removed by the time it was published. I have no idea how big the correlation was between what I forced myself to write and what was affected in the editing process, though.

Writer's block is like really wanting to play a game but not having an opponent. Your brain and thoughts won't always work with you, so you have to get creative. Writing is inherently creative, so hopefully if you want to write, you can find ways to work around a block. I've used incentivization with food or games or movies. Go for a walk. Play with your pets. Listen to music. A mental reset tends to be the best thing for me if I absolutely need to push through a block.(less)

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