Interview with:Melanie [melanie]
WRITING
 | What is your favorite genre? Can you provide a link to a site where we can read some of your work or learn something about it? My favorite genre is Mysteries/Thrillers. My post can be searched at www.nanowrimo.com and my handle there for my work is either novelwriter or novelwriter1. |
| What is your creative process like? What happens before sitting down to write? Sometimes I start with a writing prompt. Other times I read the lesson I am learning from a book. Also I may just read a novel that I am currently in the middle of to finish reading. |
| What type of reading inspires you to write? I like to read inspirational quotes on the writing process since I am new at it. I find this helps. |
| What do you think are the basic ingredients of a story? The basic ingredients of a story are a good plot, excellent characterization and finally the story has to keep the readers interest. |
| What well known writers do you admire most? John Grisham is my favorite author of all time. For medical thrillers I like Michael Palmer. |
| Does reader feed-back help you? Yes reader feedback helps me because I want to know if I am on the right track. |
| What discipline do you impose on yourself regarding schedules, goals, etc.? If I am downstairs writing there is no tv for me unless my husband is in the room. As far as scedules and goals I work on my novel on the weekend and I do writing exercises during the week to help me improve where I may be weak. |
| What do you surround yourself with in your work area in order to help your concentrate? My area is various but there has to be a way to get to my writing books that I think will help me. There is no tv on when I write so I can concentrate. Right now I don't even have the music on. |
| Do you write on a computer? Do you print frequently? Do you correct on paper? What is your process? My process is a combination of computer and notebook. CharacterPro and QuickStory are the two programs I use and sometimes I use a third one which is my word processor for a word count.
Everything I do for the most part starts out in a notebook which I keep for future reference. My notebook even includes vocabulary for writing that begining writers should know. |
| What are you working on now? I have just started the process. This is the begining of my first novel. It is a mystery/thriller. |
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Melanie
Goose Creek, SC USA
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