Review: Great collection of author interviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 23, 2013
Each chapter in this book comes from a blog interview of a different author about their daily writing routine, marketing strategies, writing tips, etc. I found each interview pretty interesting, and loved how varied their responses were. Here were some of the advice I liked:Write, write, write, and write some more. It's more important to write five great sentences per day than five mediocre pages; don't get so caught up in word count that you forget about quality. Don't wait for inspiration. Carpenters don't need inspiration to make a table. It's their profession. If they waited for inspiration to hammer in a nail or sand a plank of wood, they'd never make anything. The same holds true for writers...be inspired by the beauty you create.Another theme was to not be so concerned with marketing while you're writing. Write the best novel you can; feel passionate about it. Most writers can't live on what they make, so you must love what you do...not have your only goal to make money. You'll probably end up disappointed otherwise. Writers write because they HAVE a story to tell--and they can't and don't want to stop. Passion is what carries us to the end of a project. Have your own adventures, meet new people. All these experiences and social connections give us fodder for our writing.