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How do you get inspired to write?
Monica Drake How does a person become inspired to speak?
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What are you currently working on?
Monica Drake An essay collection.
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Monica Drake Other writers. I've met so many amazing people, and getting to know other people in real life while also through their work is a way to tap into a rich level of humanity. I'm all for it.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Monica Drake I generally don't have writer's block. Ideas are plentiful! But sometimes I have a crisis of faith, where I'm not sure I'm on the right track with a piece of writing, and that can create a reluctance to put words on the page. Then I just try to recognize it for what it is (self doubt) feel it, and move ahead anyway, knowing I can revise, revise, revise, until I create work I feel good about. It's hard to see one's own work-in-progress, rich in shortcomings, but it's part of the craft.
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So happy to hear that you have another book coming out! I have bought both Clown Girl and The Stud Book. My question is regarding the post on your blog mentioning the writing advice Chuck Palahniuk has given you. Do you often share ideas or read each others work in order to improve your work? If so, do you think this has had a clear influence on your writing as well as his? Any examples? Thank you for your time :)
Monica Drake Yes! We meet in a writing workshop every Monday night, along with Chelsea Cain, Lidia Yuknavitch, Suzy Vitello and others. It's an amazing group! We've been meeting since before anyone had work out, so we've grown as writers together. I love my workshop, my friends. This group has been written about in a few places, including a piece by Chelsea Cain in the NYT's, and one in the Oregonian when Cheryl Strayed was still joining us (and we hope she may come back, at some point the in future). Thanks for asking!
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