Rory McDonald
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Penelope Douglas:
Hi Penelope! I was wondering if you ever had any problems with converting your ideas to writing at the start of your career? I love daydreaming about new book ideas, and I know they're good but I can never get into actually writing them, I'm just not happy with my writing.
Penelope Douglas
I don't think putting ideas down on paper was ever easy for me lol. I remember telling the friend who would become my editor "writing a book must be so tedious" when I'd heard that she'd written one. Now, here I am, eighteen books later.
Daydreaming is definitely the best part. I love gathering ideas, making Pinterest storyboards and playlists, and outlining, but the important thing to remember is to just start. Just begin. As they say "you can fix a bad page, not a blank one". For me, it was the desperation that was the motivating factor. I was living the same day over and over again, I wasn't growing, and I had to do this. I had to try. Luckily, I never expected anything to come from it, so I was pleasantly surprised ;)
A trick might be to write the dialogue first. Write out the conversation in a scene, just the talking. Or don't start the book at the beginning. Write the scenes you're imagining that interest you. If you're feeling a calling, you'll make it happen. Good luck!
Daydreaming is definitely the best part. I love gathering ideas, making Pinterest storyboards and playlists, and outlining, but the important thing to remember is to just start. Just begin. As they say "you can fix a bad page, not a blank one". For me, it was the desperation that was the motivating factor. I was living the same day over and over again, I wasn't growing, and I had to do this. I had to try. Luckily, I never expected anything to come from it, so I was pleasantly surprised ;)
A trick might be to write the dialogue first. Write out the conversation in a scene, just the talking. Or don't start the book at the beginning. Write the scenes you're imagining that interest you. If you're feeling a calling, you'll make it happen. Good luck!
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With Misconduct and Corrupt coming out this year and your previous releases of the Far Away series, you have been very busy. My question is, what do you plan on doing next in 2016? Any more books in your horizon or do you plan on taking a break and enjoying/embracing your awesomeness?
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