What Novelists Do When They Can't Write

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I found this video over at Angela Hunt's blog. This is what novelists do when they can't figure out how to write. Since this is National Novel Writing Month, Angie put it together in honor of those banging away at their 50,000 word rough drafts. I went away chuckling and encouraged! I hope you do too.

Kristin Billerbeck (Advice for Novelists, Part 69)

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Here's today's entry in our Advice for Novelists series. I've asked authors, agents, editors and publicists their response to the question:

"If you could say one thing to aspiring novelists, what would you say?"

The lovely and talented Kristin Billerbeck responds:

I would say, check your ego at the door and listen for what you need to hear -- but trust your critiquers and your instincts. If you don't, it will do you no good. Okay, this is more than one thing, but I would say also to really work your idea until it sparkles! Don't give them a reason to say no.

--Kristin Billerbeck, author of Back to Life, Split Ends, the Ashley Stockingdale series, and more. Visit her website here.