27 May 2014

Into the depths of the author's brain

I read great post the other day by Lydia Kang on Buzzfeed & I just want to dump it out in it's totality for you - it really hit me close to the bone - but I'm only going to give you the skeleton - I really think you should read the original, this is just a selection from the list. In fact, I've omitted numbers 1 & 2 just to taunt you :)  

18 Weird Things Authors do:

1. ....
2. ....

3. Pretend we don’t read reviews, when we do.

4. Pretend we don’t get upset by reviews, when we do.

18 Weird Things That Authors Do

5. How we deal with #4

18 Weird Things That Authors Do

6. What we use for sustenance while writing.

18 Weird Things That Authors Do

7. When we just wrote an awesome scene:

18 Weird Things That Authors Do

8. When we reread the scene later and realize it sucks:

18 Weird Things That Authors Do

 9.  ....

10. ....


11. When we get a shiny new idea:

12. When we start writing the shiny new idea:

18 Weird Things That Authors Do

13. When we’re halfway through writing the shiny new idea:

18 Weird Things That Authors Do

14. ....

15. ....


16. How some people see us:

18 Weird Things That Authors Do

17. …How we really feel:

18 Weird Things That Authors Do

18. How people react when we tell them about our newest, latest, craziest novel idea.

18 Weird Things That Authors Do
Via persephonemagazine.com


Thanks Lydia Kang who compiled the list & Buzzfeed for putting it out there

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