"Patricia here one last time." I look around furtively to see if Aaron has shown up to find his way in. "I'd like to introduce you to another of my fellow "Evernight" anthology authors, the lovely Amy Kessler, who is going to talk about where she gets her inspiration. And anything else that pops into her head. So sit back and enjoy!
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Amy's Inspiration
I have
to say this is one of the hardest topics for me, so forgive me if this all
sounds like rambles to you. I confessed to Johanna Rae about this, and we
talked motivation and inspiration. (You can read her blog being hosted by
Tracey.) They go hand in hand with her, and I guess for me they kind of do too,
but it’s still hard for me to tell you why I put pen to paper, or fingers to
keys. You’d have to be inside my mind in order to understand completely and its
scary in there. So I thought I’d start off with what I do when I’m stuck.
First
off, I’m a planner. I plan everything, the work doesn’t always go as planned,
but it starts that way. This some times helps me from getting stuck. If I get
stuck than I know something is wrong in the way I planned the story. I go over
what I’ve written and normally find the next logical thing for the characters
to do and then go on from there. If that doesn’t work, then I move on to the
next step.
Character
interviews. I take time out from writing the actual story to talk to the
characters, interview them. I ask questions and answer them as the character.
Some times this leads me into insights I didn’t know they had. If nothing comes
of that, then at least I have something to refer back to later. See, still
productive. If I’m still stuck, I’ll edit what I’ve previously written, or read
over it hoping something will come to me. Something I didn’t see before.
The
thing is, writing has become such a habit, that I can’t imagine not writing. If
I don’t write, I might explode. There are too any voices and too many stories
in my head to ignore. So other than ‘If you don’t hit word count, I’m turning
off the internet’ threats from my husband, (What can I say, facebook,
pinterest, and IMs distract me. Oh look something shiny!) just the plan need to
write motivates me to do such.
Find me:
Website:
https://www.amylkessler.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/alkesslerauthor
Twitter:
@a_l_kessler
Evernight
Vol II:
XoXo
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So you can make sure to catch the entire Sisterhood on their various blogs and pages, here are where you will find all the posts during their month-long tour (remember commenting on any of the Sisterhood blog posts earns you an entry for a free e-book, and each blog you join/follow means another entry):
Amy Kessler
Amy Kessler
Ashley Nemer
Patricia Laffoon
(right here!!!)
Johanna Rae
L. S. Broomfield
Sherrie Henry
Stacy Moran
Torie James
Tracey Steinbach
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