Ripple Library: Author Chat With...Cole Chase
The latest installment in our running conversations with authors making big moves these days. Today, at the Ripple Library we feature Cole Chase How do you get inspired to write? Writing is a compulsion for me. If I hear an awesome song, it stirs my creativity and makes me want to write. If I see an awesome movie, it stirs my creativity and I want to write. See Cirque du Soleil? Gotta write! Great metal band? Gotta write! It has always been in me. I don’t need special inspiration to write; the hard part is carving out time to write. How do you deal with writer’s block? I wrote marketing copy for years. When the assignment was “make a slogan for this product,” I’d just brute force it: “Okay, with no self-editing, I am going to write 25 slogans for this product and see what comes out.” But now I mostly write novels, and it’s easier to feel stuck. In that case I don’t feel “blocked” as much as I think I’ve taken a wrong turn in the story. Sometimes I just have to retreat for a day ...
