Ask the Author: Axel Cruise
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Axel Cruise
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516 Bleecker Street
New York
NY
10012
On the corner with Lafayette. Big red building. Can't miss it.
516 Bleecker Street
New York
NY
10012
On the corner with Lafayette. Big red building. Can't miss it.
Axel Cruise
It's hard to get fat when you can't afford food.
Axel Cruise
Step One: Receive "Final Rent Notice"
Step Two: Make decision to write something.
Step Three: Promptly forget step two, and lose step one.
Step Four: Receive "Final Final Rent Notice" (by snail mail, because email is an issue after electricity has been cut.)
Step Five: Open laptop, and write until battery runs out.
Step Two: Make decision to write something.
Step Three: Promptly forget step two, and lose step one.
Step Four: Receive "Final Final Rent Notice" (by snail mail, because email is an issue after electricity has been cut.)
Step Five: Open laptop, and write until battery runs out.
Axel Cruise
Stop be an "aspiring" writer and start being a writer. In other words, start writing.
Axel Cruise
Well, I don’t think I’m really in a position to answer this one, having only written one novel. But In my opinion, I think it’s a myth. I mean, if the majority of people outline their novels—which apparently is true—how can they get stuck? You know where you’re going, so go there! It’s also interesting to note that the writers who don’t outline, never really seem to complain about writer’s block. Having said that, sometimes you do get stuck on how best to phrase something, or when trying to come up with a great one-liner. But I don’t really consider that writer’s block. If however, you really are struggling with something, I would suggest you’ve lost sight of your characters’ intentions i.e. even they don’t know why they are doing what they are doing. In other words, when a writer is struggling, I don’t think it because the writer is suffering from writer’s block. Rather, I think their characters are suffering from character’s block.
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