Ask the Author: Janice Seagraves
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Janice Seagraves
I've actually been suffering from Writer's Block for the last two years. It happened the day my step-dad had passed away. The stress was insane. I had to help my mom who was having a very hard time of it, poor thing. I also ended up moving her into my office and moved my office into my bedroom. Thank good for my new home with a large master.
With the type of Writer's Block I had, I couldn't write anything new. So I just worked on polishing my finished manuscripts and running them through my critique so I was able to keep busy.
Writer's Block broke the day I was complaining about not being about to write anything new, and my husband told me "Your step-dad died two years ago."
Funny thing, after hearing that I pick up exactly where I left off two years ago. I finished the same scene I was working that last time.
My desk is now right beside my bed. But that does have an upside. I can, literally, roll out of bed and turn on my computer and get to work.
With the type of Writer's Block I had, I couldn't write anything new. So I just worked on polishing my finished manuscripts and running them through my critique so I was able to keep busy.
Writer's Block broke the day I was complaining about not being about to write anything new, and my husband told me "Your step-dad died two years ago."
Funny thing, after hearing that I pick up exactly where I left off two years ago. I finished the same scene I was working that last time.
My desk is now right beside my bed. But that does have an upside. I can, literally, roll out of bed and turn on my computer and get to work.
Janice Seagraves
Having conversations with your characters.
Anyone else would be considered crazy, but if your an author, you're working.
Anyone else would be considered crazy, but if your an author, you're working.
Janice Seagraves
Write a lot and read a lot. You can't do one without the other.
Also, Never Give up and Never Surrender. Every publish author out there was once a unpublished writer like you.
Also, Never Give up and Never Surrender. Every publish author out there was once a unpublished writer like you.
Janice Seagraves
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Janice Seagraves
Usually the story just haunt me. I can't close my eyes at night or do anything during the day without the story I'm currently writing nudging me to finish it.
Janice Seagraves
Ideas just come to me. Either in a dream, or an idea the muse just pops into my head.
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