Ask the Author: Loren Greene
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Loren Greene
It's not my very next project, but I do have a rough outline worked up for it!
Unlike the first two, which were both written some years ago, Book 3 will be starting from zero.
I may opt to treat it as a serial (posting new chapters as they are written) and then compile into novel format when the story reaches its conclusion - haven't quite decided. I have a few ideas rolling around for how to handle it!
Unlike the first two, which were both written some years ago, Book 3 will be starting from zero.
I may opt to treat it as a serial (posting new chapters as they are written) and then compile into novel format when the story reaches its conclusion - haven't quite decided. I have a few ideas rolling around for how to handle it!
Loren Greene
The thing that's worked for me has been stepping back from that project and taking on a "fun" project for a few hours (or...weeks...) instead!
I ALWAYS have writer's block right at the end of a book (#adhdproblems, sigh) and an immense amount of trouble writing the final chapter/scene of anything. Most recently, with Edokko, I took a week off of the final scene and worked instead on a flash fiction contest entry (which actually won! oooh) and then on a funny contemporary short fiction. When I came back to Edokko the following week, I felt like I'd just accomplished a bunch of things creativity-wise, and it really re-energized me!
I ALWAYS have writer's block right at the end of a book (#adhdproblems, sigh) and an immense amount of trouble writing the final chapter/scene of anything. Most recently, with Edokko, I took a week off of the final scene and worked instead on a flash fiction contest entry (which actually won! oooh) and then on a funny contemporary short fiction. When I came back to Edokko the following week, I felt like I'd just accomplished a bunch of things creativity-wise, and it really re-energized me!
Loren Greene
Travel! My favourite thing to write is a story rooted in a real place. I love getting the details just so, and hoping the reader can imagine themselves in that place. It's important, I think, to also capture those smaller details for readers who are still years away, so that they can be appropriately immersed in the time period/place of the story, even after the world keeps changing.
When I was quite young, I read a series of books set in Toronto in the 1930s ( That Scatterbrain Booky ) and it greatly influenced this quirk of my writing style. I want to write stories with locations as vibrantly presented as Booky's Toronto was.
When I was quite young, I read a series of books set in Toronto in the 1930s ( That Scatterbrain Booky ) and it greatly influenced this quirk of my writing style. I want to write stories with locations as vibrantly presented as Booky's Toronto was.
Loren Greene
I've finally been able to turn my attention to new projects as we got closer to the Hachiko paperback release date. Right now, I'm polishing up two finished novels--another Japan-related story taking place some time after Hachiko, and a high school basketball drama. Also working on a project with a co-author, and we've just finished the first draft, though I'm not yet at liberty to reveal the details!
Loren Greene
I actually wrote Meet You By Hachiko in 2008, so I had to reach back pretty far to remember where the idea came from. I believe I had seen on Tumblr, a photo of a young girl in Harajuku wearing a striking outfit. I knew about magazines like Fruits already and that a cool fashion culture existed in that area.
I thought it would be fun to write a story about a protagonist living a "normal" life who decides to reinvent herself based on a photo she sees in a magazine. A couple of months later I was on location in Harajuku and snapping up magazines for research. I was even inspired to try out a few new styles myself!
I thought it would be fun to write a story about a protagonist living a "normal" life who decides to reinvent herself based on a photo she sees in a magazine. A couple of months later I was on location in Harajuku and snapping up magazines for research. I was even inspired to try out a few new styles myself!
Loren Greene
This answer hasn't changed since I was ten years old. My dream back then was to live at MacDonald Hall (from Gordon Korman's series).
Assuming the Hall went on being a boys' school, I'd settle for a place at Scrimmage's!
Assuming the Hall went on being a boys' school, I'd settle for a place at Scrimmage's!
Loren Greene
I had a recommendation from someone to check out 'Earth's Children', a prehistoric fiction series that started in the early 80s. The summer goal was to finish the whole set. #hammocklife
Turns out the later volumes are 900+ pages each.
I guess my summer reading list just became my winter reading list?
Turns out the later volumes are 900+ pages each.
I guess my summer reading list just became my winter reading list?
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