Ask the Author: S.Y. Palmer
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S.Y. Palmer
I am writing a sequel to 'May's Moon'. Part of the story is inspired by current plans to send the first British astronaut to the International Space Station.
S.Y. Palmer
I am generally mulling over ideas in my head most of the time, but I get some of my inspiration from:
Listening to children speak
Reading children's books
History
The Coast and its many faces
My family and my memories of childhood
Listening to children speak
Reading children's books
History
The Coast and its many faces
My family and my memories of childhood
S.Y. Palmer
1. The sequel to 'May's Moon'
2. The second draft of 'Poppy's Periwinkles', a story about a mysterious German gun found in an old Cornish air raid shelter and hidden secrets about the Second World War
2. The second draft of 'Poppy's Periwinkles', a story about a mysterious German gun found in an old Cornish air raid shelter and hidden secrets about the Second World War
S.Y. Palmer
Write about a subject that interests and excites you. Create real characters you can imagine meeting. Write or write notes every day. Think about your story when you're not writing. Read the genre in which you're writing. Plan your story from idea to chapters to scenes. Make your dialogue as realistic as possible. Make use of tension and climax. Join an author group of some sort and immerse yourself in social media to promote your work. Create a blog or something you can 'give' to the fans you start to create.
S.Y. Palmer
Being able to immerse myself in a fantasy where anything is possible and there are no rules is great! Getting to know new characters is also fun and I feel lucky to be able to relive some of my childhood dreams and experiences.
S.Y. Palmer
Fortunately I always seem to have too much I want to write and not enough time to write it! When I get to a difficult plot point or piece of action, I often leave that part for a couple of days and just think about it when I'm doing something completely different. The answer often then just comes to me. If I am really stuck, I force myself to just write something. I can always tidy it up or change it later. Asking my children what they would write next also gives me ideas.
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