Ask the Author: Peter Butler
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Peter Butler
Thanks for the nomination and interest, Natalie. Without the help of Amazon I'm going to need all the reviews I can get, so, please send me your email address and I'll get a copy of Dream On to you. pb1000@mail.com
The book should be published this week.
The book should be published this week.
Peter Butler
There are so many stories about stars and their fabulous, exciting lives, but I think the most interesting time of their lives would be the period leading up to their breakout.
"Buy Me a Dream" focuses on that time in the life of Sasha Perez, but, from a different perspective - I tell the story through the eyes of her manager, Mark Caron.
In effect, I wanted to give my readers the vicarious experience of a major change in someone's life; the highs and lows, the hard work, and the fun and excitement that goes with that.
"Buy Me a Dream" focuses on that time in the life of Sasha Perez, but, from a different perspective - I tell the story through the eyes of her manager, Mark Caron.
In effect, I wanted to give my readers the vicarious experience of a major change in someone's life; the highs and lows, the hard work, and the fun and excitement that goes with that.
Peter Butler
I'm just about to restart a short story... I'm testing out different directions for the narrative. This is esoteric writing BS for; I've hit a small wall. :)
I've already written about a third of it, but I did it in first-person and it's not turning out to be the best perspective. Third-person should work better.. I hope!
I've already written about a third of it, but I did it in first-person and it's not turning out to be the best perspective. Third-person should work better.. I hope!
Peter Butler
I go back as many pages as necessary and read/tweak/re-write as I go. Hopefully, this gets me inside the scene and thinking like my characters.. and something will evolve from it.
I call these moments "rabbits in a hat moments". You need to work some magic and throw in something that is totally unexpected but in some way explains what has come before it.
Coming to a block is actually the story saying to you this is a natural break - a scene break, maybe, a good place for a new sub-plot, It might also be telling you it is time for a new chapter.
If none of that helps, I go and get drunk.
I call these moments "rabbits in a hat moments". You need to work some magic and throw in something that is totally unexpected but in some way explains what has come before it.
Coming to a block is actually the story saying to you this is a natural break - a scene break, maybe, a good place for a new sub-plot, It might also be telling you it is time for a new chapter.
If none of that helps, I go and get drunk.
Peter Butler
When you write you get to make a lot of new friends. I mean 'literally'. You get totally into the world you're creating and the real world becomes forgotten. I have missed meals and worked well into the night, thinking it was still daylight outside. I particularly remember one day during the creation of Garrett & Sunny; I worked all day and most of the night without being aware that we had just experienced the hottest day of the year. When I stopped writing I realized my place was like an oven... but I hadn't noticed because I hadn't been living there... up until then!
Peter Butler
I wake up in the morning and it's what I want to do. I touch on this in Garrett & Sunny which I wrote in first person. Garrett's inspiration and creativity usually comes to him on waking. It's a combination of the brain resting and whatever happens during the dream phases during the night, I think. That was one part of him that came from me, the rest of his life and characteristics I can only aspire to, especially finding someone like Sunny.
Peter Butler
This is solid gold: Take note of every single thing I've done. .....And then do the exact opposite.
Seriously! You want advice then ask Patterson - although he seems to be more a corporation than a writer these days.
The only advice I would dare to offer is: - just do it... write, write, write. Nothing is more soul destroying than staring at a blank page. As soon as something is on it you can at least alter it.
Seriously! You want advice then ask Patterson - although he seems to be more a corporation than a writer these days.
The only advice I would dare to offer is: - just do it... write, write, write. Nothing is more soul destroying than staring at a blank page. As soon as something is on it you can at least alter it.
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