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Rebecca de Winter

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I’m Becky, your favourite Gothic first wife. When I’m not busy haunting second wives, I also write books. Amongst other things…

I have two kids, work in corporate consultancy, and live in suburbia – or as I call it, disturbia. My favourite movie is Thelma + Louise. I have ADHD, I’m deaf, synaesthetic and left-handed. I sometimes rock climb. I love weights and hate running.

My first word was book and as a child I wanted to be both an author and Madonna’s back up dancer. My short stories and flash fiction are published online. I’ve also been a finalist in several national novel writing competitions.

Just like my housekeeper, Mrs Danvers, I’m obsessed with dark, messy, complex, female protagonists – real women. They could be your colleague, yo ...more

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Rebecca de Winter To be honest, the only way to write is, unfortunately, to actually write.

There are no shortcuts whatsoever which is quite tough for someone like me wh…moreTo be honest, the only way to write is, unfortunately, to actually write.

There are no shortcuts whatsoever which is quite tough for someone like me who has ZERO patience and gets very bored very easily.

Aside from making yourself sit and write the main things that helped me were:

- doing a CBC online course, but also if this is financially impossible, then reading Take Off Your Pants or Save the cat. I struggle to structure things, so having a frame work for my thoughts helped a lot
- joining the twitter writing community. there are 1000s of us and I definitely wouldn't be here without all of their support, hand holding, advice. I'm on there under @stupidgirl45 so come and find me
- lean into whatever makes you, you. this I think makes it so much easier to find your author voice. I have been told I have a very distinctive way of writing and I'm now proud of that, I might not be like other writers, but I am uniquely me. So be uniquely you!
- don't give up but also define success for you. there will always be something more, something bigger, better sellers, better deals, people with huge advances. learn what you want to get from writing. a book deal is not the be all and end all, you need to enjoy the journey. Having said that, one piece of advice someone wise once told me is that if you give up, you definitely will never get published. So don't give up. EVER
- And finally, when you're writing, especially crime/thrillers/horror, don't pull back from the darkness. It is much easier to dial down something horrific than dial it up. Don't worry about readers, write the story and vision in your head. figure out the rest later.

Hope all that helps!! Don't give up. I never ever thought I'd be here on goodreads or holding my own book. Seriously. So if I can do you, you can too :) (less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rebecca de Winter I think it depends how I'm "blocked".

I have ADHD and I am terrible for procrastinating. So sometimes I'm not really blocked, I just don't really want…moreI think it depends how I'm "blocked".

I have ADHD and I am terrible for procrastinating. So sometimes I'm not really blocked, I just don't really want to sit my butt down and write. So I will "bribe" myself with chocolate and coffee and my favourite playlists.

If I'm genuinely blocked or struggling with the next scene or plot point, I often "lean in" to whatever weird angle my brain is obsessing over. One of the things I love about having ADHD is how I will get lots of weird little obsessions - I will have to listen to a particular song, or artist over and over, or I will only want to watch or read very specific programmes and books (current obsession is 70s/80s serial killers)

So if I'm blocked, I kind of trust my brain and my sub conscious and fully immerse myself in whatever it is it wants, I feed the monster inside as it were. And often after sometimes just an hour or a day or whatever, my brain will be satisfied and let me carry on writing or solve my plot issue.

The final thing I do, is go for a walk or just before I go to sleep, I let my brain think about whatever it is I can't write - but with no barriers. My brain will make weird connections between things and suddenly I'll have a solution to whatever it is.

So basically, bribe yourself not to procrastinate, and lean into your weirdness :) (less)

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