Ask the Author: Marília Bonelli
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Marília Bonelli
For Shattered Dreams, the idea actually came from a dream. In the dream, I lived two lives, shifting between them in the blink of an eye, and the person staring back at me from the mirror was not me. Most of the story was already there, I just had to put it to paper and fill in the blanks.
Marília Bonelli
Right now I'm trying to get through my second draft of "Child of Moon, Daughter of Sun", about a young woman who has to go into enemy territory to search for her captured father.
Marília Bonelli
You get to make up entire worlds in your mind and invite others to visit that world for a while - or however long they choose to stay.
Marília Bonelli
I don't have "generalized" writer's block often. It's more likely that I'll get stuck when writing a story, but I'll be fine if I switch over to another different story.
When I have writer's block regardless of the story, I'll go back and read something I've already written, either leading up to the part where I'm stuck or simply some part I know gets me excited about the story every time (cue Helena realizing Peter is dead - not a spoiler, by the way).
If it's particularly bad case of writer's block, then the only thing to do is sit down and write about having a block. That usually results in someone struggling to study or work and unable to get on with it. It usually works.
By the by, that's also how I deal with insomnia...
When I have writer's block regardless of the story, I'll go back and read something I've already written, either leading up to the part where I'm stuck or simply some part I know gets me excited about the story every time (cue Helena realizing Peter is dead - not a spoiler, by the way).
If it's particularly bad case of writer's block, then the only thing to do is sit down and write about having a block. That usually results in someone struggling to study or work and unable to get on with it. It usually works.
By the by, that's also how I deal with insomnia...
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