I have five novelists lined up to talk about their approach to writing fiction, why they write fiction—how they got started and so forth. Next week, November 5-9, I will post an interview with one author per day. I have three of the interviews in and boy are you in for a treat. You’re going to learn how novelists keep track of their characters—the techniques are creative and varied.
Ever wonder what inspires an author to write a novel and where his or her ideas come from? These five novelists will give us a peek into their inspiration and what keeps them going.
How do they name their characters? How do they get to know them? How is the story formed? You will be surprised by some of the methods these novelist use and where their ideas come from. One author tried to write a true story of something that happened in her life. No one was interested in publishing it, so she created a work of fiction and found a publisher.
Some authors design characters after real people.
How do you get the courage to write fiction and then present it to the public? One of my participating novelists wrote fiction rather secretly, entering a chapter here or a story there in contests. She kept winning contests and this gave her the courage and enticement to finally write seriously for publication.
I am new to writing fiction. I wrote my first novel over the summer. It is with a publisher as we speak and I am working on the second one. It wasn’t until after I had written my first few drafts that I began to recognize character traits of real people in some of my characters. I guess we can’t help but be influenced by what we know, have experienced and who we know in our stories. So, perhaps you can learn a lot about someone by reading their fiction.
If you write fiction or are thinking about starting, don’t miss my fascinating interviews with five novelists all next week. You’ll meet quite a variety of authors with a wide range of techniques. The interviews will run Monday through Friday, November 5-9, 2012. Stop in. You are bound to learn something that will inspire you to move forward with your fiction project, that will bolster your confidence in your approach to fiction, that will help you to improve your methods. And you’ll be learning about some wonderful fiction novels along the way.
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