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Do you continue to read other books while your trying to write your novel, or do you find it a distraction?
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I do find it a bit distracting, but sometimes find solutions for dialogue/technichal/passage of time problems.
If I read something really good I think 'Why am I bothering' sometimes 'well, if he can get published - film rights etc - there is hope'.
Like writing, it needs control/discipline/perspective etc....
Me tired - long day - other peeps probs - no reading or writing - goodnight.
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off to bed zzzzzzzzzzzz
There are really no new ideas - just ideas freshly treated.
And you need to keep up with what is selling and trends in your genre.
If you read about any brilliant author, they are always readers, insatiable readers. What comes out relies on what goes in.
And the more I've read badly-edited or badly-written books, the better I feel about mine!