Lauren Oliver's Writing Secrets – 5 Secrets To Writing The Next Great American Novel – Cosmopolitan.
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Lauren Oliver, who wrote the addictive-as-crack Delirium novels, has a new, bursting-with-intense-teen-romance novel out, Panic, about desperate kids competing for coveted prize, living not in an alternative future dystopia, but in a small town in upstate New York. Oliver herself lives in New York City and is a 31 year old badass who has written 7 novels and already had four New York Times bestsellers. Hello, impressive. She shares some secrets behind all that mad productivity. (Hey, put her tips to good work and enter the Cosmo Fiction contest, here.)
1. Make it part of your routine.
When I started writing, I had to force myself to do it everyday. Now, it’s a habit like brushing my teeth. Can you imagine how gross you would feel if you didn’t brush your teeth for a whole day? That’s how I feel now when I don’t write.
2. Figure out what works for you and your life and stick to it.
I kind of write all over the place, since I’m often traveling or bouncing around between commitments and meetings. The funniest place I do writing is on my phone. I’ve stayed loyal to BlackBerry for years because of the keyboards — I can type as quickly on a BlackBerry as I can on a computer. I wrote most of my first novel, Before I Fall on my BlackBerry. I think they should give me a sponsorship, seriously.
[Editor’s note: for the other three, click on the link above. First, can you guess what they are? Hint: one is about applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.]
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