Elizabeth Lennox
Knock on wood, my problem is most often the opposite: How do you stop writing? Or: How do you focus on one story when others keep coming to mind? But there are times when – as I mentioned in another answer – I have to stop on a story when it isn’t coming together for me. I’ve learned not to force it. I just start on something else and if the first story comes back to me, I’ll go back to it. I also make a point of taking a lot of notes about my ideas so that if I can’t pursue them when I think of them, I can go back at some point. That way, if something isn’t working, I have a backlog of other things to try.
More Answered Questions
Shreya Thomas
asked
Elizabeth Lennox:
Hi - I read a book of yours sometime back and would like to read it again but for the life of me can’t remember it’s title - it was a man who lost his wife and slept at an inn sometime after the funeral. He got drunk and was with someone but forgets the entire episode. Couple of year later he meets her with twins and his memory is jostled Could you tell me the name of the book? Thanks
About Goodreads Q&A
Ask and answer questions about books!
You can pose questions to the Goodreads community with Reader Q&A, or ask your favorite author a question with Ask the Author.
See Featured Authors Answering Questions
Learn more