“How Writers Create Their Fiction”: Nina Schuyler

I uncovered this month-long NPR series “How Writers Create Their Fiction”, originally run in November 2006. I found many of the ideas presented by the various writers to be informative and inspirational, so we’ll be featuring one writer from the series per day during February.
 
 Today’s writer is Nina Schuyler:

How She Writes: “As a mother of a three-year-old boy, my writing regimen is to write like a crazed woman while he’s in school or, God willing, taking a nap. What this means is a finely cultivated ease of transition — one minute I’m cleaning up chocolate milk splattered on a wall, and the next, I’m imagining the streets of Berlin during the Weimar Republic, wondering where my character might find a tall, fizzy drink.”

Writer’s Block Remedy: “One terrific benefit of having a child is that you don’t suffer from writer’s block. Writer’s block is a phenomenon for those with ample time and a proclivity for channeling the voice of their high school teacher who said they’d never ever be a writer.”

That’s the last in the series. If you have any great writing quotes, please post in comments.

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