Ask the Author: Rowena Wiseman
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Rowena Wiseman
When I'm in an intense writing period, yes, I like to write every day - it feels as though something is missing if I don't write! Often I write from 5am-7am before the kids wake and then whatever periods I can steal throughout the day or in the evening. I find that I can't sustain this all the time though ... I might work like this for 4 months and then take some time out!!
Rowena Wiseman
It's not much of a process really! I get an idea, jot down maybe 8-10 dot points and go from there. I usually rewrite the beginning a number of times until I get the voice right. Then I try to write the first draft as quickly as possible. The first draft is really rough and then I go back and fill in all the gaps! I only ever have a vague idea of where the story is heading ... as I like my stories to surprise me!
Rowena Wiseman
Wow - great question! I think delusion is an absolutely necessary ingredient to get anything creative or out of the ordinary done ever. Without a healthy dose of delusion I don't think a single novel would have been written, a sculpture created, an Olympics swimming race won or even a new cafe opened. Writers, by nature, are going to be slightly more delusional than others because we're dreamers, we imagine the unlikely, that's how we create fiction.
I remember two years back speaking to a relative of mine about a book I was writing and vividly recall this look of pity on her face, like she thought 'poor dear'. I got a strong sense that she thought I was delusional and plain silly for thinking I could be a writer. For a long time, I questioned it to. But the best tool for me has been putting my work out there - Wattpad has been the most amazing platform to discover there is an audience for my work.
Rather than hoping my delusion becomes a reality, I'd prefer to keep on being deluded, to dream bigger and to imagine greater. My greater worry would be becoming less delusional ...
I remember two years back speaking to a relative of mine about a book I was writing and vividly recall this look of pity on her face, like she thought 'poor dear'. I got a strong sense that she thought I was delusional and plain silly for thinking I could be a writer. For a long time, I questioned it to. But the best tool for me has been putting my work out there - Wattpad has been the most amazing platform to discover there is an audience for my work.
Rather than hoping my delusion becomes a reality, I'd prefer to keep on being deluded, to dream bigger and to imagine greater. My greater worry would be becoming less delusional ...
Rowena Wiseman
Do something really boring ... like wash some dishes or do the vacuuming ... my most interesting ideas seem to arise while doing something entirely ordinary ...
Rowena Wiseman
Hey there! Thanks for asking ... but no, I haven't, unfortunately!
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