Denise Navle maisonpierre
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Janiece Anjali:
Hi Janiece, I thoroughly enjoyed reading and sharing Cracked Bat, and am looking forward to reading your new book Illusions and More. I love your insight and it allows me to be more insightful as well. I often wonder how an author comes up with ideas that can be translated into the written word and the discipline you must have to write and rewrite your thoughts?
Janiece Anjali
Hi Denise!
Thank you for your questions. The discipline of writing is a very interesting topic. Lots of people want to write and struggle not only to make the time to do it, but also sustain the energy and focus for it in very busy lives. This is a very real challenge! I mostly wrote Illusions of More between 5:00 and 6:45 a.m. on weekdays before work and on the weekends. Like the main character, I was also a single mom at the time.
People who teach writing often say that you should write the books you want to read and haven't found yet. Since that's what I do,the act of translating my ideas into the written word feels more like inquiry and discovery than hard work. I only write about characters I care about and put them in situations that I have questions about. Because of this, I usually have the motivation to write and rewrite until each scene feels complete to me. That being said, there have been many, many times this year, that I have remarked to friends that it is good I loved all the characters in Illusions of More so much because I sure have spent a lot of time with them!
Thank you for your questions. The discipline of writing is a very interesting topic. Lots of people want to write and struggle not only to make the time to do it, but also sustain the energy and focus for it in very busy lives. This is a very real challenge! I mostly wrote Illusions of More between 5:00 and 6:45 a.m. on weekdays before work and on the weekends. Like the main character, I was also a single mom at the time.
People who teach writing often say that you should write the books you want to read and haven't found yet. Since that's what I do,the act of translating my ideas into the written word feels more like inquiry and discovery than hard work. I only write about characters I care about and put them in situations that I have questions about. Because of this, I usually have the motivation to write and rewrite until each scene feels complete to me. That being said, there have been many, many times this year, that I have remarked to friends that it is good I loved all the characters in Illusions of More so much because I sure have spent a lot of time with them!
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