Michelle Hazen from Sanctuary Editorial recently interviewed author Michael J. McLaughlin about No Harm Intended and the writing process. You can read the full interview here. In the meantime, here’s an exerpt:
Q: Is there anything you’ve learned along the way that you’d like to pass on to other writers?
A: I’m careful to separate my writer brain from my editor brain.
When I’m drafting a manuscript, I lock the editor out of the room and try my best not to fret over a word choice, name selection, or even the ideal phrasing for a sentence, anything that will hold up the writing. I get the words down on the page, because I know once I have the text in front of me, I can fix anything by editing. When it’s time, I put on my editor hat and brutalize what the writer in me drafted, because it usually stinks. The writer and editor in me have developed a mutual respect and an effective working process, but I rarely allow them to talk to each other.
Read the rest on the Sanctuary Editorial website.