Ask the Author: Mitch Unruh
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Mitch Unruh
I've been fortunate enough to never really have experienced writer's block. I had sat on the story for Scarlet Blue for years and got to where I could tell that story in my sleep, so writing it wasn't very difficult, it was more about just finding the time to do it. I have three books planned for the Scarlet Series and they are all mapped out and have been in my mind for a long time, so I'm hoping I can churn them out pretty quickly (Teaser: I'm currently well into writing Scarlet Red!).
Mitch Unruh
The freedom to write and create a world and characters that you really start to identify with and relate to. I think so much of myself is in my characters and it becomes kind of cathartic writing for them.
Mitch Unruh
This is going to sound cliché but just sit down and do it! I sat on the story for Scarlet Blue for years, over a decade, and it took the eye-opening experience of a pandemic to finally make me sit down and do something I've always dreamt of doing, and I am so glad I finally did and can't wait to get the next book out, it becomes addicting!
Mitch Unruh
The next book in the Scarlet Series, Scarlet Red.
Mitch Unruh
I have always loved movies and am a self professed film buff. Before I started writing Scarlet Blue, I watched a lot of different films that I wanted to try to replicate in tone and style. The new Candyman produced by Jordan Peele, Tales from the Hood, Gone Baby Gone, Taxi Driver, Lost Boys, and The Town were all films I turned to for inspiration and tried to evoke. While writing, I also like to listen to a lot of film scores. There's nothing like putting on a vinyl score to a film and sitting down to write for a few hours (quick shoutout to waxworkrecords.com, they have some amazing scores available!). Some of my go to scores were 2018's Halloween, Candyman, Dark Knights: Death Metal Soundtrack, The Thing, Mad Max: Fury Road, and The Batman.
Mitch Unruh
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