Kim Wells
I use Pinterest a lot-- I search the Internet for visuals and then let them guide me. I'm very visual, I guess, and I like lots of description in my stories-- both the ones I read for fun & the ones I write. So I need that visual aid. I also research elements of my story-- myth, or folklore. Sometimes, if I know enough about the world I'm writing in, the writing feels so easy it's almost not fair.
Sometimes, the stories come to me in the first line, and then the rest of it follows. Sometimes it's a dream-- in one of my short stories, I dreamt about the main character for weeks before I finally found the first line. Then, the rest of it just seemed to flow.
Sometimes, the stories come to me in the first line, and then the rest of it follows. Sometimes it's a dream-- in one of my short stories, I dreamt about the main character for weeks before I finally found the first line. Then, the rest of it just seemed to flow.
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