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#09 – Garth Nix – Write Through The Roof
Welcome to Write Through The Roof, the podcast for writers who want to improve their craft.
Episode 09 with Garth Nix – uber best selling YA & children’s fantasy writer“The foundation of my writing is reading, and broad reading.”
Episode 09 – Garth Nix – Show Notes- Having multiple stories on the go all at once
- Momentum in writing – spending 80% of his time to write first half, 20% to complete the second half
- Writing stories for yourself, which make you curious to find out what happens
- Reading widely equips you with instincts for your writing and gives you the broadest set of tools to draw on
- The role of a good editor to make you a better writer
- Experimenting with form and points of view but the story dictates how it should be told
- Madeleine’s tip – Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages
“As you add more energy into it, it (the story) takes on a life of its own”
“I don’t think ‘how am I going to challenge myself?’, I think what is the best way to tell this story.”
Links- Garth Nix
- Morning Pages
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