Ask the Author: Cas Blomberg
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Cas Blomberg
Keep writing. I know it sounds cliche, but it's the best advice out there. Don't give up. I'd also say keep trying to improve. I think many times we, as human beings, do something one time and then move on. We need to remember writing is a craft as much as anything else. Guitar players play until their fingers bleed. I write until my fingers bleed.
Cas Blomberg
If you mean how am I inspired to sit down and begin the process of writing, then I usually tend to read something I've already written. Every day when it's time to work, I read through the last few pages of the work I completed the day before. It helps me to become reacquainted with my characters again.
If you mean what inspires me to write, anything and everything. My mind always thinks about writing. The characters are always there, the stories always tumbling around. I am always inspired. Always.
If you mean what inspires me to write, anything and everything. My mind always thinks about writing. The characters are always there, the stories always tumbling around. I am always inspired. Always.
Cas Blomberg
I'm currently working on a novel that's special to me. One that encompasses many of the frustrations and joy I've experienced living as an expat. It's a little different from my usual work, but I'm feeling the emotions now and needed to write this story while those emotions are fresh.
Cas Blomberg
I love it when I write something that resonates with readers. I love telling the stories of average people, and the possibilities that exist within us all to achieve something great. I love making a connection with a reader. That's why I became a writer. To write the stories of characters, so that readers can hear and enjoy their stories, so they can connect with each other.
Cas Blomberg
Personally, I have two ways of overcoming writer's block: either attacking it head on, or letting it simmer for a while.
When I attack it, I grab pencil and paper (for some reason going back to handwritten notes works wonders) and begin to write. It doesn't matter if it makes sense or not. I write about random things. I try to describe the curtains. I imagine a set of curtains in a spaceship. I imagine torn curtains. I wonder who would have torn curtains. In short, I brainstorm for at least twenty minutes. Longer, if necessary.
This is particularly helpful when I sit down to begin each scene, though I usually already have a general idea of what happens, it helps to brainstorm it and flesh it out.
If I've brainstormed and still haven't pushed past the block, I let it simmer. It usually means something is rattling around in my head and I need to let it flesh it out some more. While it simmers, I don't try to write. I take a walk, begin sketching, or relax in some other way. After a day or two, it will usually come to me.
When I attack it, I grab pencil and paper (for some reason going back to handwritten notes works wonders) and begin to write. It doesn't matter if it makes sense or not. I write about random things. I try to describe the curtains. I imagine a set of curtains in a spaceship. I imagine torn curtains. I wonder who would have torn curtains. In short, I brainstorm for at least twenty minutes. Longer, if necessary.
This is particularly helpful when I sit down to begin each scene, though I usually already have a general idea of what happens, it helps to brainstorm it and flesh it out.
If I've brainstormed and still haven't pushed past the block, I let it simmer. It usually means something is rattling around in my head and I need to let it flesh it out some more. While it simmers, I don't try to write. I take a walk, begin sketching, or relax in some other way. After a day or two, it will usually come to me.
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