Sunday, September 26, 2021

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Would you like to be interviewed for The Schwartz Reviews' blog? If so, copy this set of questions into a word document, answer them, and then send the document to the Schwartz Fiction Edits Facebook Page. If you have a specific date you'd like the interview to go live, be sure to include that in the message you draft! Feel free to pair this FREE service with any other offered services, which may help you promote upcoming releases.

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Feel free to answer as many questions as you'd like. When you message your responses to the Facebook page, feel free to add any images you'd like shared as well. Author photos, fan art, book covers, mood board inspiration, etc. If no photos are sent, I will search for pictures I deem fitting.

The Questions:

1) At what point did you realize that you wanted to be an author?

2) How many books have you written to date, and do you have a favourite?

3) What do the words 'writer's block' mean to you?

4) How do you (or would you) process negative book reviews?

5) What is the most difficult part of the writing process for you?

6) What advice do you have for a new writer just starting their journey?

7) What comes first for you--the plot or the characters--and why?

8) How do you use social media as a writer? What are your favourite platforms to use?

9) How do you develop your plot and characters?

10) Are you a pantser or a plotter?

11) What is your favourite character that you've written? Your least favourite?

12) Where do you get your inspiration for your books?

13) What is the strangest thing you've ever researched for a book?

14) Are your characters randomly built or based on real people?

15) How long does it typically take you to draft a book?

16) How do you come up with a title for your book?

17) What does your writing space look like?

18) If you could spend a day with another author, who would it be? Why?

19) What does your schedule look like when you're writing a book?

20) Have you ever travelled to write?

21) What's your favourite writing snack or drink?

22) How do you celebrate when you've finished writing a book?

23) Are you a NaNoWriMo writer? Is NaNoWriMo worth it?

24) Do you listen to music when you write? What kind?

25) What actors/actresses would play your characters?

26) Have you ever killed off a favourite character? 

27) What is the most valuable piece of advice you've been given about writing?

28) What are common traps for new authors? How can they be avoided?

29) How many hours a day do you write?

30) What are your favourite blogs or websites for writers?

31) What's your writing software of choice?

32) What is your favourite genre to read? Why?

33) Who are your favourite authors?

34) What book are you currently reading?

35) As a writer, what spirit animal would you choose?

36) What's the trickiest thing about writing the opposite gender?

37) Who has been the biggest supporter of your writing?

38) Would you share something about yourself that readers don't know about you yet?

39) If you had to describe yourself with just three words, what would they be?

40) What are you currently working on?


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