Chevy Stevens
Chevy Stevens
Chevy Stevensis a Canadian author of thriller novels. She lives on Vancouver Island, British Columbia...
NationalityCanadian
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CountryCanada
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In this day and age, you can write anywhere in the world. You can really live anywhere and have the same career.
If you want to become a writer, you do need to be willing to make sacrifices.
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For 'Never Knowing,' I outlined it and then blocked it out on my office wall with index cards, but things still happened organically.
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I try to only read light things when I'm working on my books, and in the evenings I watch a lot of mindless TV. I have to break up the 'dark,' or I wouldn't be a very happy person.
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As much as writing is an emotional experience, it is a business as well. Coming from a business background, I treat it as such.
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It's not like I wake up every morning and just can't wait to write. It is my job. It's much easier to not write. I'd rather read. This is my income. This is what supports my family. Having a child is a pretty big incentive to keep working.
book writing cutting
I always write too long in the beginning, then it is a matter of going through it over and over again on subsequent drafts, looking for anything that slows down the narrative. It can be hard, cutting out parts I love, but I try to make the book as tight as possible so that the reader doesn't get bored.