Daisy Beebe
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Shannon Messenger:
To be a writer do you have to have a college deploma and stuff? Or can you just get your book edited and send it to the publishers? Also, how many more books do you plan on making? Do you have a personal favorite out of Fitz,Dex,and Keefe? -Daisy Beebe
Shannon Messenger
Oh my--lots of questions. Okay, lets take this one at a time:
No, you don't have to have a college diploma to be a writer. The only actual requirement for being a writer is: you have to write. That being said, I did study writing in college--and while it was screenwriting instead of creative writing--it did teach me a LOT of things that improved my writing. BUT, if you decide not to go that route (or to study something else in college) there are lots of other ways to learn how to be a better writer. You could read books on improving your writing, and work with critique partners (other writers your age who read your work and give you feedback on what could be better). What's most important is that you write as much as you can, and work hard to improve.
I plan on making as many books as I have stories to tell. Which is a lot. :)
And nope, I really do love all my characters equally. I know their strengths and their weaknesses and all the things that make them beautifully complicated, and that makes it impossible to chose between them.
No, you don't have to have a college diploma to be a writer. The only actual requirement for being a writer is: you have to write. That being said, I did study writing in college--and while it was screenwriting instead of creative writing--it did teach me a LOT of things that improved my writing. BUT, if you decide not to go that route (or to study something else in college) there are lots of other ways to learn how to be a better writer. You could read books on improving your writing, and work with critique partners (other writers your age who read your work and give you feedback on what could be better). What's most important is that you write as much as you can, and work hard to improve.
I plan on making as many books as I have stories to tell. Which is a lot. :)
And nope, I really do love all my characters equally. I know their strengths and their weaknesses and all the things that make them beautifully complicated, and that makes it impossible to chose between them.
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