Overview
We have a great discussion about how to keep on writing. Many authors find it difficult to move on to the second book and Diane has some advice to help with that.
Since we write for kids, we include some discussion about working with kids and getting their imaginations going to write some great stories.
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Transcript
Stephen: All right, so let's talk author stuff. Now we're gonna talk about, the work part of it, not just the fun reading part. Okay. Before we get onto our topic, which I think is a great topic what are some things that you've learned that with your writing that you're doing different now than you did at the beginning?
[00:26:25] Diane: That's a, that's really a good question. Before I didn't really give a lot of thought to things. I just sat down and started writing, which is good. And I would just write anywhere, which is fine. It works with a lot of authors, but I find like I've really been studying this craft, learning from other authors, joined author groups, and in this I decided I needed to.
Have a room that was just a holy space for inspiration to come. And actually you're sitting in the room right now. Over to the right is a desk that I have, and that's where I just have a little meditation and. Just start riding and see what happens. And that didn't happen before. Other things I do is I have I really resonate to smell and so forth.
I love oils and things, and I'll get the ones like, Oh, I really need to have this kind of thought. And so maybe I'll inhale some really lovely perfume that has a lot of wood in it and so forth. See where my mind takes me. Depending on, like, when I was writing the Rise book, I was in some chapters that I really needed to listen to music from the 1920s and that, I think that's what one of the major differences is setting the environment and maybe the mood for that particular book.
A message that I wanna get across. Sorry for being so longwinded.
[00:27:50] Stephen: No, that's great. That's I, the whole purpose of the podcast initially was to help authors who are getting started and, aren't USA Today bestsellers, because we hear a lot about the authors. Break out and start doing good and then everyone hears about 'em.
So the whole purpose to start with was focusing on authors that are getting discovered that need to get out there, that no one ever talks to. And I expanded with the second half here for the author part because I realized a lot of authors to these podcasts and they hear about, they hear authors on the podcast talking about their book.
But then they also look at how that person's so successful and I'll never be like that, et cetera. So I added the second author part partly to show, hey, we're all in the same boat. I've had authors their laundry dings in the middle of talking to 'em, because authors think, Oh, every other author but me is working.
Fulltime in a nice office and blah blah. And that's not the case. They like to hear from authors. It makes 'em feel, Hey I'm just like them. And that was the whole focus here of this podcast. So You're fine. Yeah. Your stories are great. They, it comes across really well and they love that.
So thank
[00:29:03] Diane: you. It's wonderful what you're doing and what I've discovered about authors compared to some of the other things I've done in my life professionally is that, Authors are kind to each other, and authors love to help one another, and it's not a competition. It's okay, share ideas.
And you're not like, Oh, I share my idea, you're gonna steal it. And it's no. It's just, let's go explore. And I just love that energy.
[00:29:32] Stephen: Yeah. I agree.