I am collaborating with Casey Otto and we are planning on interviewing Lisa Jahn-Clough from Rowan University's Writing Arts department. We feel she is an excellent person to mine for helpful tips on how to write fiction and how to publish it, seeing as she's done it herself many times.
Casey and I have not settled on a research question yet, but I hope that generating this list of possible interview questions and then comparing notes will help solve that problem.
Writing process
Starting to write a story is the hardest part for me, how long do you sit on notes for an idea before you start writing?
How far does "write from experience" go before you have to do research on a story?
Do you work on a deadline? If so, how do you handle working on a deadline? (certain number of words a day, binge writing, etc)?
Do you send manuscripts in stages, or do you send the whole thing at once?
Have you ever worked hard on a novel and then found out that there was a similar story published already? What would you do about that?
Publishing process
Is an agent crucial to publishing success?
How much time does it take before getting a response about a submission?
What are some strategies to keeping track of what you've sent out, where you sent it, what's been accepted, rejected, etc.?
What websites/magazines/other forums should an aspiring writer look at to find relevant places to publish?
Is a novel more preferable than a collection of short stories?
Casey and I have not settled on a research question yet, but I hope that generating this list of possible interview questions and then comparing notes will help solve that problem.
Writing process
Starting to write a story is the hardest part for me, how long do you sit on notes for an idea before you start writing?
How far does "write from experience" go before you have to do research on a story?
Do you work on a deadline? If so, how do you handle working on a deadline? (certain number of words a day, binge writing, etc)?
Do you send manuscripts in stages, or do you send the whole thing at once?
Have you ever worked hard on a novel and then found out that there was a similar story published already? What would you do about that?
Publishing process
Is an agent crucial to publishing success?
How much time does it take before getting a response about a submission?
What are some strategies to keeping track of what you've sent out, where you sent it, what's been accepted, rejected, etc.?
What websites/magazines/other forums should an aspiring writer look at to find relevant places to publish?
Is a novel more preferable than a collection of short stories?
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