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C.R. Harris

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Liverpool, The United Kingdom

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Thriller, Suspense, Mystery

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Harris was born and grew up on the outskirts of Liverpool, and now lives in Oxford, England.

Harris made industry-leading programmes on ethical selling in the financial services sector, and contributed to consultancy projects in two of the four major UK banks, and key players in the insurance industry in a pre-literary life.

Management development clients included biological and chemical research organisations, and government departments. Harris would tell you about some of the more interesting events, if they weren’t covered by the Official Secrets Act. But these experiences bring authenticity to fiction.

Part of the move to a more rewarding life experience was completing an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University in England.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

C.R. Harris I suppose writer's block comes in two forms - the inability to find anything fresh to say and the belief that what you are writing isn't working so yo…moreI suppose writer's block comes in two forms - the inability to find anything fresh to say and the belief that what you are writing isn't working so you become so judgemental it all seems a somewhat pointless activity.

I find the easiest way to overcome the inability to find something fresh to say, can be overcome by going to the newsagents and buying a tabloid newspaper. (In the States for example it could be National Enquirer - in the UK - The Daily Express, I would point out that I don't read these periodicals for any other purpose!!!) In the paper there will be a story which will have me cross, or incredulous or simply wanting to re-write the ending, or maybe finding an ending, my characters don't follow the newspaper story they are released to do whatever they want. This is then a short story - it is self contained. I then polish the story and put in a file for some future event. Somehow the process of writing this story releases me from constrained thinking.

The second type of writers block is best overcome by writing story and then editing a couple of days later. Enjoy the story, live the hopes and fears of your characters - let them speak to you, don't worry if it doesn't look great today, in a few days time better ideas will come - but keep writing!(less)

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C.R. Harris Read! Read in your genre, read for pleasure, read to admire style and technique but most of all read.

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C.R.’s Quotes

“Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!”
― Gore Vidal, The Essential Gore Vidal

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“a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)”
― Gore Vidal, The American Presidency

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“This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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