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" Basically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things. "
Creative
Be Happy
Things
" I built two forges when I was in my teens. I was just really, really into metalworking and making stuff. "
Built
Two
Stuff
" I don't discuss my own beliefs in public, but I will say the beliefs I've given my characters do not necessarily represent what I myself believe. "
My Own
Believe
Myself
" I find inspiration in many places. Sometimes music gives me the kernel of a story. Sometimes it's dissatisfaction with the plot of a movie or a book that gets me thinking. Sometimes it's love of a movie or book. "
Story
Love
Music
" If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write. "
People
Other
Think
" If you want to be a professional writer then you need to write consistently. Inspiration strikes about once every blue moon which, for me, is once every two and a half to three months, which is when I'll get really and truly inspired about something. "
Me
Moon
Need
" I had friends growing up; there were other home-schoolers we were in touch with so we weren't isolated, and I've always been happy engaged in my own projects and pursuing my own goals. "
Happy
Growing Up
Goals
" I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it. "
You
Books
Mind
" I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful for. "
Grateful
Writing
Love
" I'm the sort of person that starts digging a hole and doesn't stop until it's finished. "
Digging
Person
Hole
" I think I learned most from editing, both editing myself and having someone else edit me. It's not always easy to have someone criticize your work, your baby. But if you can swallow your ego, you can really learn from the editing. "
Ego
Work
Think
" I've always been very grateful that enough people have enjoyed reading what I've written that I've been able to pursue writing professionally. "
People
Grateful
Writing
" I've stood outside my house in Montana looking at the northern lights... crackling against the night sky. To me, that's magic. "
Sky
Night
Looking
" Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to do that is to read your writing out loud. "
Writing
Yourself
Best
" Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon' if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework - I wouldn't have had the time to write. "
Great
School
Teacher
" The advantage of writing from experience is that it often provides you with details that you would never think of yourself, no matter how rich your imagination. And specificity in description is something every writer should strive for. "
Imagination
Think
Yourself
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