Instead, design for yourself the kind of book you really want to read-have fun with it and fall in love with your own characters. If you write by thinking rationally about what the market is looking for and how to maximize the appeal of your product based on industry data blah blah blah… then you will create for yourself a hard job that you hate.

Motivation is easy to lose, so when you want to write for profit, write for pleasure. What do you say to writers who want to be traditionally published one day? I have a nice little writing desk at home where I get a lot of work done, but I sometimes occupy a quiet corner of the library or a local bookstore when I need to really buckle down and concentrate. I am a teacher during the school year, so I write weekends and evenings, and of course during the summer. I wrote stories for fun and to entertain my wife and family, not because I ever thought anything would come of it. Jackaby sort of decided it wanted to be a proper novel without my planning it.Īre you a full-time writer? When and where do you write? I wrote little mini-books about superheroes in elementary school and drew comics for my middle-school newspaper.

I’ve loved writing stories as long as I can remember.

When reading aloud, he always does the voices.ĭid you always know you wanted to be a writer? When/How did you decide to be a writer? He currently teaches high school Language Arts, including reading and writing, mythology and heroes. These dubious decisions notwithstanding, he regrets nothing and now holds degrees in English and Education with certificates in Creative Writing and Folklore. When he wasn’t frivolously playing with words, he earned credits in such meaningful courses as Trampoline, Juggling, and 17th Century Italian Longsword. When reading aloud, they always did the voices.Īt the University of Oregon, William made questionable choices, including willfully selecting classes for the interesting stories they promised, rather than for any practical application. His parents, it can be confirmed, raised him to value intelligence, creativity, and individuality. Website: of William Ritter’s birthplace are unreliable and varied, placing his hometown either in a series of mysterious Catacombs in Malta or in a nondescript town in Oregon.

Today I’m delighted to share with you another interview with a YA author! Meet William Ritter, author of JACKABY and upcoming BEASTLY BONES.

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