Ask the Author: Amy McKinley
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Amy McKinley
Never stop.
Write every day, if you are able. Find and join a critique group, either online or one that meets in person. They offer invaluable support and growth potential. Whether you are a pantser or a plotter, defining your plot points prior to writing, or utilizing a beat sheet, will help you create a roadmap to capture your readers’ attention.
Write what you want to write. If you’re involved and feel strongly about what you’re writing, your readers will too.
Read often and not only in the genre you are writing. After all, writers are consummate book addicts!
Write every day, if you are able. Find and join a critique group, either online or one that meets in person. They offer invaluable support and growth potential. Whether you are a pantser or a plotter, defining your plot points prior to writing, or utilizing a beat sheet, will help you create a roadmap to capture your readers’ attention.
Write what you want to write. If you’re involved and feel strongly about what you’re writing, your readers will too.
Read often and not only in the genre you are writing. After all, writers are consummate book addicts!
Amy McKinley
The yoga pants. Just kidding. Working from home and doing what I love is amazing. Those moments when the scene opens up and I'm lost in it, the words flowing out effortlessly. I always think of that like a runners high. Or when you're reading a fantastic book and so lost in the world the author created and everything around you fades away. That is what I love.
Like any job, there are good days and bad. On the days when every word typed seems like its derived from an eight year old version of myself the laundry, cleaning, and anything in sight becomes a distraction.
There are a lot of great things. Too many really!
Like any job, there are good days and bad. On the days when every word typed seems like its derived from an eight year old version of myself the laundry, cleaning, and anything in sight becomes a distraction.
There are a lot of great things. Too many really!
Amy McKinley
The best way I find to deal with writer's block is with a change of music. If that doesn't work then I need to get my mind off of what it stuck on. Exercise, driving, being around water all helps and seems to free up ideas.
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