Ask the Author: Maya Bangerter
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Maya Bangerter
Edwin smiled and laughed with his friend as their favorite TV show played in the living room. Then he turned from the window, crossed the street, and went home.
Maya Bangerter
Write. Even when you don't feel like it, just get that one sentence or that one paragraph or that one scene out of your head and into reality. If you just keep doing that, step by step, your story will come. I know writer's block is a harsh reality for many writers, but working on your book doesn't have to be sitting down and churning out chapters at a time. You can plan future scenes, work on character profiles, build a reader community through social media, or generate images of your characters with AI. (I always find that last one reginites my passion for my stories). No matter what you do, as long as you're engaging with the writer side of your personality, you're making progress. You're not giving up.
Maya Bangerter
I am working on Behind Closed Doors, an amateur mystery set in the 1920s. The main character is Sarah, who, along with her sister, must figure out who really killed her older brother and who is corrupting her town. It's my first foray into detective novels, so I still have a lot of work to do. It's currently listed on Goodreads because I ordered an author copy from Amazon and it automatically updated. But I find it so much easier to edit when I have a physical copy of my book.
Maya Bangerter
I have such vivid pictures and scenes in my mind that I just feel compelled to write them. If I don't get it out of my system, I feel like it's such a waste. Or it just stays in my head and drives me crazy until I write it down!
Maya Bangerter
I was listening to a song and thought about a book scene that would match it perfectly. The rest of the book rose around it! Funnily enough, the scene didn't even end up in the final draft :)
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