Ask the Author: Lucid Fitzpatrick
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Lucid Fitzpatrick
The idea has roots in a number of events that I integrated over years. My own experience of exhaustion in body and spirit, contemplating climate change and how the energy crisis will really be solved.
Lucid Fitzpatrick
It's the chance to create the world that I've always expected to wake up and find in my own life.
Lucid Fitzpatrick
Churn whatever comes out. Keep pushing the words even if it's just bullet lists of ideas for a scene, character, plot outline or whatever. Eventually the words will come, and you might be surprised when. Sometimes the materials produced in a blocked day look a lot better the next. Just keep going.
Lucid Fitzpatrick
By not waiting for inspiration. Writing is a grind. Sometimes the gears spin freely and it's wonderful. Most of the time it's a struggle. There are days when the delete key is the most used on my computer, and it feels like the words just aren't there.
But even in those hard days, I'm able to turn out a paragraph or a sentence, or even a half baked idea that makes me proud. I've never regretted a writing session no matter how bad. If I waiting for inspiration, I'd have a lot of days that I'd regret not writing!
But even in those hard days, I'm able to turn out a paragraph or a sentence, or even a half baked idea that makes me proud. I've never regretted a writing session no matter how bad. If I waiting for inspiration, I'd have a lot of days that I'd regret not writing!
Lucid Fitzpatrick
The PERFECT CONDUCTOR serial novel.
Lucid Fitzpatrick
Just dive in. It's never been easier to be a writer. The tools at your disposal to create, the ability to share work instantaneously, platforms for publishing and promoting are the absolutely best in history. It's a remarkable time where the barrier to entry is as close to zero as it can be. The only thing holding you back is you--get to your desk and start writing!
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