Hey, today I have a Guest Post from J.K Ellem author of the No Justice Series, who discusses his take on writer’s block and what he wish he’d known before becoming a writer.
On…Overcoming Writer’s Block
I don’t really get writers block. What typically happens is that I will be struggling with a scene in the book and realise what I have written is terrible. What I then do is stop, get up and get a coffee or if I need inspiration to write better I will pick up a book from one of my favourite authors and read for a while. That usually does the trick. My advice is that if you get stuck, don’t know what to write or the story has grinded to a halt then go and read. Reading someone else’s book is one of the best ways to overcome this.
On…What I Wish I’d Known
I wish I knew how wrong it was when people say it’s a very lonely existence when you are an author. It is completely wrong. When you spend hours a day just writing you will feel lonely. But when you spend hours a day living in the scene or inside you protagonists head or in a villains perverted mind, you are surrounded by people, places, smells, sights and emotions and it can be as busy as standing in Times Square on a Friday night. It’s the same tactic you need to embrace when you get writers block. You are not sitting at a desk gazing at words on a screen. You’re in a forest in the snow at night, someone is following you and you have just stumbled on a body. What would you do next?
Thank you for taking the time to talk to us today JK Ellem. You can find out more about this author on his website jkellem.com
Emma-Louise x
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