Nessa Wunsche
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S.D. Perry:
I have two questions your, o-writer of many of my favorite books. One, how do *YOU* get over writers block. And I don't mean, I have no idea what to write, writers block either. I mean the, "I know exactly how I want this to go and how I want to write it but I just can't sit down and DO IT!" writers block?
S.D. Perry
This might sound sarcastic or trite, although I don't mean it that way... to get past that kind of block, I just sit down and do it. Lots of people think that they can write, if they just put words on paper, but to get good at it, they have to practice. I have to practice. I think one has to be willing to just plow through, even if they're not feeling inspired... maybe that means they churn out some crap, but there's really no other way to get better. Deadlines also help, from an editor or just self-imposed. Hope that helps!
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Jean-Francois Boivin
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S.D. Perry:
in your book ALIENS: LABYRINTH, you wrote "every year or so there was a rumble about some renegade scientist or top brasser who had gone mental and set up some bizarre operation, like the one about Doctor Reuf with the DNA pushing" Was that originally meant to be a reference to Professor Ernst Kleist from ALIENS: ROGUE? Or is Reuf a new character with a story yet-untold?
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