Welcome to week eleven of the Process Project!!
If you don’t know about us already, you can find out more here and read about
other authors’ processes: The Process Project.
This week I am so excited to bring to you an interview for one of my long-time twitter friends, Dale Rogers!
Meet Dale Rogers!
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Dale Rogers lives in North Carolina with her
husband, Rick, and two Siamese cats. A South Carolina native, she holds a B.A.
in English from the University of South Carolina, and she has published
articles and poetry, as well as a Post Script in The Saturday Evening Post. An amateur photographer, she has a photo on the inside back
cover of Sandlapper, the South Carolina state magazine, and she writes
fiction for all ages. (She's even taken a stab at a couple of television
scripts.)
And now, for the questions!
JB: What is your main
genre?
DR: Right now it seems
to be Middle Grade, since I've written four of those, although I've also
dabbled in romance and adventures for adults.
JB: What is your favorite place to write?
JB: What is your favorite place to write?
DR: My favorite place
to write is outdoors on a nice day, but that's not always possible, so I'll
settle for a cozy room, sometimes late at night. I'm super bad about thinking
about something I'm working on after I get in bed, then I have to keep getting
up to jot down ideas.
JB: Do you have a
writing routine?
DR: I don't
really have a routine, but I need music to block out traffic or other
distracting noises. The only problem with that is sometimes the music is so
good, I have to stop and listen!
JB: How do you prepare
your ideas for writing?
DR: I'm afraid I'm not
as organized as some writers, but when I start getting ideas, I try to keep
good notes. I outline the story loosely, then add details later on. I've
been adding to a list of interesting names for years, including foreign ones,
and I refer to it when I can't readily think of just the right name for a
character.
JB: How do you
organize as you write?
DR: I basically write
scenes as they come, but anytime I think of a better way to write a thought or
action anywhere in the manuscript (sometimes late at night) I make a note to
change it later. I pick up descriptive words and phrases here and there, and I
keep them in a document which I skim occasionally to find inspiration.
JB: When you get
stuck, what do you do?
DR: Sometimes, when I
have trouble working through a scene or finding a way to express something, it helps
me to do a menial chore such as dishes or laundry. The answer seems to come
more easily while I'm doing physical work than when I'm at the computer.
JB: Can you talk a little
about your revision process?
DR: I research links
for good writing advice, and try to incorporate it into my work. My early edits
are mostly for content--being sure the story makes sense and is interesting and
intriguing--and my later edits are concentrated more on grammar, sentence
structure, and typos. Something that really helps is a word search. I use “Ctrl
+ F” to locate words I use too often, such as quickly, just, and some. I have an
article in Literary Rambles' “Tip Tuesday” listing the ones I have the most
trouble with: http://www.literaryrambles.com/search?q=dale+s.rogers
JB: And last, but
definitely not least, why do you write?
DR: Writing is in my
blood--literally. My mother and sister both have taught English and worked for
newspapers, and words have always been important to me. I was taught correct
grammar and sentence structure more than housekeeping skills (which is evident by
the state of my house), and I feel a need to express my thoughts in writing,
even when I'm not in a talkative mood. I believe writing also helps to keep me
sane.
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Thank
you so much, Dale, for participating in the Process Project! If you have any
questions for Dale, please leave them below!
Want
to read more by Dale? Check out her out on the web at the links below!
Her
Blog can be found at: DaleSittonRogers.wordpress.com
Follow
her on Twitter: @DaleSRogers
Excerpt from her
unpublished MG Adventure novel, The
Legend of Feather Lake
Short stories and
poetry: QuarterReads Magazine
A few of her poems: http://wp.me/P1Nylx-6H
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