Amy Simpson
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John Anthony Miller:
What do you find more difficult, coming up with ideas or writing them down the way you want them?
John Anthony Miller
Hi Amy - thanks for the question.
Coming up with ideas is fairly easy, but finding an idea that's interesting enough to justify the research required to support it is a bit harder. Once I have the idea, I normally frame the beginning and ending of the book, then the story becomes what happens in between. That's where the original idea changes. Sometimes characters take on a life of their own, and tend to go in directions different from what I originally planned.
Coming up with ideas is fairly easy, but finding an idea that's interesting enough to justify the research required to support it is a bit harder. Once I have the idea, I normally frame the beginning and ending of the book, then the story becomes what happens in between. That's where the original idea changes. Sometimes characters take on a life of their own, and tend to go in directions different from what I originally planned.
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Jane Bock
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I received a request to recommend a book you might enjoy. What fun. Do you want a combination are highly successful authors and struggling ones both? I hope so since I am in the latter category for fiction. I am going to choose one of yours to read right away. Any suggestions about what to read first? Jane Bock jhbock@gmail.com
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