BookBaby president Brian Felsen speaks with a wide spectrum of accomplished authors about their influences, their strategies for success, and their secrets for staying inspired!
This new video playlist called “Be Influenced” features advice from writers such as Daniel Walker Howe, Matthew Zapruder, Joanna Penn, David Ebershoff, Janet Fitch, and more.
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At this year’s LA Times Festival of Books, CD Baby president Brian Felsen interviewed Janet Fitch.
Janet Fitch is most famously known as the author of the Oprah’s Book Club novel White Oleander. She is a faculty member in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California where she teaches fiction.
In this clip, Fitch talks about her belief that truth can be found in dependent clauses, and that by slowing down to explore them she is able to flesh out crucial moments in the story that she might have otherwise passed by.
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There’s no one right way to write– just like there’s no one proven parenting method. While your options are wide open, being great at either task is difficult work. Now imagine the negotiations, complications, and compromises you’ll have to figure out if you combine writing with parenting!
No two writing parents are alike– and every successful writer who’s also a parent has probably discovered different solutions and strategies to balance those priorities.
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Last weekend at the Pasadena LitFest, BookBaby president Brian Felsen had the opportunity to interview Janet Fitch, author of White Oleander (picked for Oprah’s Book Club) and Paint It Black. They discussed, in part, her famous 10 Writing Tips article which originally appeared on her blog, and Janet has kindly given us permission to repost it below.
[Video of their interview will be posted in the coming months.]
Read on for some great advice!
1. Write the sentence, not just the story
Long ago I got a rejection from the editor of the Santa Monica Review, Jim Krusoe. It said:
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