Ask the Author: Ruth Edgett
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Ruth Edgett
WRITE, WRITE, WRITE! Read books by good writers, yes; Read books by good writers about writing, yes; talk with other writers about what good writing is and how you can be a good writer, too, yes; attend workshops, go to school and learn to to be a good writer if you must. But, above all else, just sit down and write. The only difference between people who aspire to be writers and those who are writers is that writers write. And they write, and they write, and they write...
Ruth Edgett
The best thing about being a writer is being able to go anywhere, do anything whenever I want--all in my head. If a book or story doesn't exist that deals with the subject I want to explore, I can create it. I love watching my stories unfold on the screen or the page, and--just like a reader--I love being excited about what's going to happen next. The best thing is when characters take on lives of their own, when events lead me down their own unknown paths. That's the joy of writing!
Ruth Edgett
I don't really know what "writer's block" is. If I find that I am having difficulty writing about one particular thing, or one particular project, I switch to another. If my writing begins to feel forced or like it's no longer coming "from the zone", I stop writing and do something else for a while. That old saw, "A change is as good as a rest" works for writers, too.
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