Elliott Brake

Elliott Brake asked Alice Oseman:

When I have ideas that I genuinely think is good I start writing with a shadow of what I want the overall product to be. However, after getting 15-20 pages in I find it almost impossible to write anymore. Any tips on how to avoid or skip this? Thanks, xx

Alice Oseman I'm afraid there's no secret recipe or technique to writing a book - you just have to power through when it gets hard using sheer determination. Keep reminding yourself that first drafts are never ever perfect and are rarely readable, so it's probably going to be bad the first time you write it. But you won't have anything to work with unless you keep going and make it to the end. Good luck!

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Hi! I was looking at your books on Book Depository the other day, and I noticed they had both This Winter and Nick and Charlie for pre-order as paperbacks. I was wondering if both of the novellas are going to be released in print or if there was a mistake there? I didn't remember seeing an announcement for both of them in paperback form. Anyway, I love your books and thank you!

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It's good to see you're doing so well on the reading challenge this year. You said that you had lost your love of reading in a video, do you think you may have gotten over that rut or is it still hard for you?

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