Ask the Author: Sacha Black
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Sacha Black
I'm about to go on holiday and there's so many books I want to read, on the non-fiction side:
Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield, Deep Work by Cal Newport and The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fu*k by Mark Manson
For YA I'd say:
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Strange The Dreamer by Lani Taylor
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
The Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield, Deep Work by Cal Newport and The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fu*k by Mark Manson
For YA I'd say:
Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Strange The Dreamer by Lani Taylor
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
The Star Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Sacha Black
I don't believe in writer's block. Either write on. Write something else. Or sit down and work through your plot. It's usually something else, not block. Often it's a problem or plot hole you haven't solved yet.
Sacha Black
I spend a lot of time actively searching for inspiration. I read a lot YA books, typically, fantasy, but also contemporary and a variety of other genres too.
While writing and preparing to write a book, I spend a lot of time researching conspiracies, ancient architecture and unusual places, people, and theories. I'm really visual so I like to draw inspiration from pictures, and I actively seek out photo opportunities, I can often be found negotiating my way into derelict buildings just to take pictures. I tend to find that if I do all those things, ideas just come to me out of the blue.
While writing and preparing to write a book, I spend a lot of time researching conspiracies, ancient architecture and unusual places, people, and theories. I'm really visual so I like to draw inspiration from pictures, and I actively seek out photo opportunities, I can often be found negotiating my way into derelict buildings just to take pictures. I tend to find that if I do all those things, ideas just come to me out of the blue.
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