Ask the Author: Kevin Booth
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Kevin Booth
I've always been attracted by the period of the twenties and thirties while the Spanish civil War is a special research interest of mine. I knew that sooner or later these passions would develop into a book. I can't actually remember how I came up with the basic plot idea.
Kevin Booth
I don't. I just write. If I sat around waiting for inspiration, I would never get any writing done!
Kevin Booth
A novel set around the time of the Spanish Civil War
Kevin Booth
Write every day, even if you only have time for a couple of hundred words. Get some words down somehow, into a notebook, on a scrap of paper, onto your tablet, smartphone or computer.
Even at 200 words a day, you'll have the first draft of a novel written in under two years.
Even at 200 words a day, you'll have the first draft of a novel written in under two years.
Kevin Booth
I take a blank sheet of paper, lie on the floor and write by hand whatever comes into my head. I challenge myself to use my non-dominant hand to write with (i.e. I'm left-handed so I use my right hand) and to turn the page so that I am writing across the lines instead of following them.
Through this process I am literally forcing myself to write "outside the box", I am freeing up my creativity and removing the pressure to write well. Generally after a few minutes of this, the juices start to flow again and I can transfer what I have on paper onto the computer.
Through this process I am literally forcing myself to write "outside the box", I am freeing up my creativity and removing the pressure to write well. Generally after a few minutes of this, the juices start to flow again and I can transfer what I have on paper onto the computer.
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