How much are your protagonists like you (or vice versa)? Once you have the book finished, I recommend joining a professional writing group like RWA to help improve your writing and help you learn the business. You won’t know if this is true for you until the book is written and you know where the story is going. Often, once the novel is written, the beginning changes or gets cut. They are too busy revising the beginning. Many writers get so caught up in making their writing perfect that they never get to the end of a novel. Then you can figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are.
If you have an idea for a story, write it. It is the very first step in the process. What advice would you give an aspiring writer? The writer couldn’t help but wonder how much worse the process could become and what tests a future world might want to institute in order to select the next generation of leaders. The teacher and parent in me can’t help but be worried that the benchmark of success has risen too high and that soon it will be more than our youth can handle. Some of my students handle the pressure better than others and it is never easy to see a student falter. Students are hyper aware that every answer they give could impact the quality of their future. The need to be better and brighter than the other applicants has never been more keenly felt. The pressure on our high school students is greater than ever before. For years, I’ve worked closely with my private voice students as they navigate the testing, application and audition process required to be accepted into college. The Testing concept came out of my work with my voice students. Where did the idea for The Testing trilogy come from? Thankfully, the middle eventually gives way to THE END. After a few chapters, I tend to leave behind the bubbly excitement that has driven me and suddenly the books feels like the worst thing that has ever been written in the history of ever. The middle of a book is the hardest part to write every single time. What is the hardest thing about writing a book? It wasn’t until I was almost 30 that I had an idea for a book and decided to sit down and attempt to write. For most of my 20s I sang and danced on stage. My undergraduate degree is in music and theater and my Masters degree is in Opera Performance. Growing up, I loved reading, but I never was one to write stories or dream of being published. I am always embarrassed to admit that I never thought I’d be an author. Author Q&A Did you always want to be a writer?
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