Ask the Author: Jennifer Haskin
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Jennifer Haskin
Creation. Wild imagination. Self-approval. Admiration. The feeling of accomplishment. Comradery between authors. Going to conferences. Teaching others. Helping friends write, or edit, their own book. There are so many pluses. It's impossible to nail down, because it depends on the person. Maybe fame and money are what you're after? Then you'd better be a really great writer with a huge imagination to create new worlds and characters no one has seen before. Westeros? Hogwarts? Bon Temps? Panem? All genius. The writers of these worlds are brilliant storytellers. Emulate your favorite author. Write fan fiction, if you want to. Just write, and you are a writer.
Jennifer Haskin
Write every day. Lots of people will tell you this one, but let your mind wander. What is a book no one has written? What was that dream you felt so involved in. Keep a notepad by your bed. Most of my best ideas start out as dreams. Then, write without stopping. Don't get one chapter written and go back to fix it. You will never get past chapter one. I have seen it many times. You have to write that whole, sloppy, terrible first draft down. Put it away for a week. THEN, go back to the beginning and fix it all. Have your friends read it. Find some beta readers to help you content edit, by filling in holes you didn't notice and keep everything plausible. I was on my 11th draft when I found my agent, so don't be discouraged that no one is buying your book on the first draft. Keep editing until they do. And never settle, this book is your baby, you have built it from nothing. Half of the people will love it and half of the people will hate it-usually for the same reasons- so write out your passion and stand tall behind it. Good luck!!
Jennifer Haskin
A new idea that I haven't heard of, and imagining the characters I would put in that world.
Jennifer Haskin
Work on more than one project at a time. If you aren't "feeling" one thing, move to another. Maybe a different field of creativity. For me, it's art; I bounce between creative projects like writing, crafts, portrait art, and reading. www [dot] facebook [dot] com [slash] HaskinOriginals
Jennifer Haskin
A YA dystopian. I can't tell you what it's about. It's a secret.
Jennifer Haskin
I saw one scene in a dream, but I knew the MC and her friend, and lots of backstory. I decided to get up (at 6 am on a Sunday) and just write out the scene and all the understood backstory. I wrote for the next 13 hours without stopping. At 7pm, it was time for dinner, and I was finally done. It was all out on paper, and for the next two and a half weeks I worked to write fast enough to get the words down as the story came to me.
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