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Kelley Armstrong
Canadian
Writer
Born:
Dec 14
,
1968
About
Creative
King
Money
Passion
Writing
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Everyone is the sum total of past experiences. A character doesn't just spring to life at age thirty.
Kelley Armstrong
Life
Character
Age
Spring
Past
Thirty
Sum
Sum Total
Everyone
Total
Just
Experiences
I don't read much of what I write because I worry about unintentionally borrowing something.
Kelley Armstrong
Worry
About
Borrowing
Something
Write
Read
Because
Much
Especially in the world of fantasy and superheroes, it's great to have role models that aren't in skimpy little outfits, in impossible poses. That's so important for young women.
Kelley Armstrong
Great
Women
World
Impossible
Important
Young
Outfits
Superheroes
Role
Role Models
Models
Little
Young Women
Fantasy
Poses
When a series is doing well, it's very tempting to keep writing it, even when the creative well is drying up. It's tempting because that's where the money is. I've had to be very careful; as soon as I think I'm getting close to that dry well, I wrap the series up. I don't want to just keep writing something because it sells.
Kelley Armstrong
Creative
Writing
Money
Think
Wrap
Something
Tempting
Had
Soon
Well
Dry
Drying
Because
Doing
Up
Very
Sells
Close
Getting
Just
Where
Want
Even
Series
Keep
Careful
I always worried that the creative well would dry up. I was sure that if I wrote a book a year, I would eventually run out of ideas. Actually, the opposite has been true for me. The more I write, the more ideas come to me and it gets easier.
Kelley Armstrong
Me
Creative
Book
Year
Worried
Easier
Out
Has-Been
Run
Would
More
Write
True
Come
Ideas
Wrote
Well
Dry
Sure
Always
Opposite
Been
Up
Gets
Eventually
Actually
Even in horror novels where you know most characters aren't going to make it to the end, it's crucial to have fully fleshed-out characters. If you don't do that, the reader doesn't care what happens to them.
Kelley Armstrong
You
Care
Characters
Horror
Crucial
Know
Most
Make
Reader
End
Going
Where
Happens
Them
Fully
Even
Novels
There is no story that can't be improved by adding zombies.
Kelley Armstrong
Adding
Improved
Story
Zombies
Reviews are great. I can read negative reviews and say, 'You know that point they made... they were dead on.'
Kelley Armstrong
Great
You
Negative
Made
Say
Point
Know
Dead
Read
Were
Reviews
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