Clare asked Jessica Day George:

How do you stay focused on just one story idea? Do you weigh up the pros and cons of writing one in comparison to you others or do you just go with the one you like the most at the time? I having serious trouble trying to stay focused to one story/series, when couple of other great story/series ideas are distracting me saying 'NO write about ME now!' Very frustrating.

Jessica Day George Sometimes I don't. I drop projects all the time in favor of a new shiny idea. But the reason why I stay focused is because I'm paid to. I have a contract, with a deadline, for when a certain book needs to be done. So I sit at my computer every day until that book is finished, so that I can be paid!

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