Ask the Author: C.W. March
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C.W. March
The best way to get better at writing is to write. The more you write, the better you'll get at recognizing what you're doing in the moment.
Get an editor - even if it's just a friend you trust and like to talk to - so that you have someone who can read through the things you wrote. Your own understanding of how a scene reads is never going to be the same as an outside perspective, because you as the author have insights that your audience cannot. Having an outside perspective to tell you how something looks to a reader without those insights is vital to ensuring that the story you actually tell is the one you want.
Get an editor - even if it's just a friend you trust and like to talk to - so that you have someone who can read through the things you wrote. Your own understanding of how a scene reads is never going to be the same as an outside perspective, because you as the author have insights that your audience cannot. Having an outside perspective to tell you how something looks to a reader without those insights is vital to ensuring that the story you actually tell is the one you want.
C.W. March
I have several projects in the work, and I'm rotating between them to help avoid burnout by over-focusing on one in particular. They are, in rough order of how much time I'm devoting to them:
Augur Book 2
Augur Book 3
An Urban Fantasy Mostly-Lighthearted Sex Comedy
A LitRPG Isekai Adventure Novel
A Sci-Fi Very-Lighthearted Sex Farce
A dark superhero/supervillain novel
Augur Book 2
Augur Book 3
An Urban Fantasy Mostly-Lighthearted Sex Comedy
A LitRPG Isekai Adventure Novel
A Sci-Fi Very-Lighthearted Sex Farce
A dark superhero/supervillain novel
C.W. March
I latch on to a single idea or scene and then let my mind wander (usually with some decent synthwave playing) to see how the characters involved react to the situation they're in. Occasionally I get a scene in mind, but when I try writing it, I discover that figuring out the characters reactions isn't flowing as naturally as I'd prefer - that usually means it's time to let that scene marinate in my head for a while, and I'll take a break from that particular effort to write something else.
C.W. March
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