Liza Campbell Quotes About Writing
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At the end, I cobbled scenes all together and smoothed out the transitions as much as possible. Incidentally, I would not recommend this approach to writing a book, and will probably not write that way again!
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Writing a book set in New Mexico was partially a way to express my own love for the state, and partially a way to prudently follow the advice to write what you know.
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I'm working on a novel about a girl who grows up in the circus and her relationship with her father, who grew up in Hungary when it was under Soviet control and left during the 1956 revolution. It is told from both of their perspectives, and has been a joy (and very frustrating) to research and write. Needless to say, I am very excited about my next project!
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I find that time constraints actually make me more productive, and "real world" experiences provide a lot of inspiration to write.
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I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!
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I started writing about New Mexico in an autobiography class I was taking for school, and realized that it was very inspiring place for me.
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Now I am as big of an [ Georgia] O'Keeffe admirer as Ivy [Wilkes] is, but that came through writing the book.
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I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at the time.
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From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.
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I was only loosely aware of [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work. Primarily, I had seen her famous paintings of skulls with flowers, which are not my favorite. I didn't really become familiar with her work until after I started writing the book, but the more I learned about her the more I admired her.
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I tend to only write productively for one to two hours per day, so there is plenty of time left over for me to work a day job!
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