June 30, 2008
Trust Yourself As A Writer
Today I was finishing up a new novel for teen girls and was very aware of how delighted I felt about the process I had been through. As I wrote each chapter of the book I was aware of being curious about what the main character, Julia, was going to do. It was important to be curious and not to push the story. Rather, I viewed it very much as I do a book I'm reading. Curious to find out what will happen, forming ideas about what I think will happen, letting the action take me wherever it leads me. To say the process is fun is true. It is also true that it is exciting. I wish such an adventure for anyone who undertakes to write anything, not just fiction. Trusting yourself as a writer is the key.
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