Ask the Author: Roger Anderson
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Roger Anderson
A possible follow-up to my golf book. Really depends on whether the things I learned during its writing can be translated into results on the course. I'm also always on the look out for potential new books. There are ideas fermenting away in my grey matter all the time.
Roger Anderson
I believe there's a story in everything. It may be web content or a press release on what could appear a fairly mundane subject (a car insurance company I penned copy for recently comes to mind) but there will be still be a way to bring the subject to life. Some subjects are more inspirational than others, of course, but if you show empathy for the subject matter, do your prep correctly, the results will speak for themselves. With any book you can't just rely on being excited by the story, you need to give some serious thought to how it will develop, how you will sustain interest for the reader, and that it has a natural flow. If I can tick most or all of these boxes I'll not be found wanting in the 'inspired' department.
Roger Anderson
I had written three previous sports books. Two were as a ghostwriter, the third a chronicle of Irish and Irish-American boxing. I was a late convert to golf and the book simply came about during one of my earliest forays on to the fairways. My mate Michael is to blame really. He just blurted out: "Why don't you write a book about learning to play by taking on all the best courses [here in Ireland]." I laughed at the time, then couldn't get the idea out of my head. It just sort of took on a life of its own after that and I ended up playing all over the Emerald Isle, and alongside the likes of Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell.
Roger Anderson
Find your own style and voice. Read lots, find writers whose style you like and that you feel come close to your own. Learn from them, then develop a voice that you can call your own. I like conversational style, after all with social media that's how most of the world converses.
Roger Anderson
It's the bane of every writer's life. When I hit that wall, I usually take myself away from the computer, pull on a air of shorts and a vest and inflict some damage on the heavy punch bag I have hanging in my car port. It's a personal thing, but I find that after a few rounds on the bag, and lifting some weights, my head is usually considerably clearer than when I start. Nothing like getting a few endorphins charging about your body to lift the mood and clear the head...
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