D.B. Kennison
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Amy M. Reade:
Hi Amy! As a recovering lawyer, how often do you find your legal knowledge and skills useful in your writing?
Amy M. Reade
Hi there! Thanks for the question. I don't know how I missed seeing this last week.
I've given this question a bit of thought and I think my legal skills have been both helpful and a bit of a hindrance in my fiction writing.
My training in legal research and writing has helped me write mysteries that are logical and deliberate, just like legal writing.
On the other hand, what I write tends to start out boring, and I think that stems from legal writing, too. Legal writing tends to be dry and dusty, and my first drafts often read the same way. I spend much of my editing time spicing up the plot and the dialogue to make things more interesting.
In fact, my WIP was suffering from a serious case of boring when I went back to the beginning last week and killed someone on page one. That took the book from boring to intriguing in just a few paragraphs.
Thanks again for your question!
I've given this question a bit of thought and I think my legal skills have been both helpful and a bit of a hindrance in my fiction writing.
My training in legal research and writing has helped me write mysteries that are logical and deliberate, just like legal writing.
On the other hand, what I write tends to start out boring, and I think that stems from legal writing, too. Legal writing tends to be dry and dusty, and my first drafts often read the same way. I spend much of my editing time spicing up the plot and the dialogue to make things more interesting.
In fact, my WIP was suffering from a serious case of boring when I went back to the beginning last week and killed someone on page one. That took the book from boring to intriguing in just a few paragraphs.
Thanks again for your question!
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Phyllis Moore
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Amy M. Reade:
Hello Amy: I, too love the Southern Gothic style. I will be releasing a new novel, Tangled, A Southern Gothic Yarn, soon. I plan to add it to the group bookshelf. I am looking forward to reading your books. I look for content for my blog and will review there if you don't mind? I am new to this and struggling with the marketing. I'd rather be writing!
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