{"id":1380,"date":"2019-06-13T18:20:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2019-06-13T18:51:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T17:51:04","slug":"jennifer-mcmahon-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/jennifer-mcmahon-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Bestselling Novelist Jennifer McMahon On Index Cards, Getting Out Of Creative Ruts, and Her Magic Writing Cauldron"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who:<\/strong>\u00a0Jennifer McMahon<\/p>\n

Claim To Fame:<\/strong>\u00a0Jennifer McMahon is the author of\u00a0nine novels, including the\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestsellers\u00a0The Winter People<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i>Promise Not to Tell<\/a>,\u00a0<\/i>and Island of Lost Girls<\/i><\/a>, as well as her latest\u00a0The Invited<\/a>, <\/em>which\u00a0Booklist <\/em>called “flawlessly compelling and evocative.”<\/p>\n

Where To Find Jennifer:<\/strong>\u00a0Her\u00a0Website<\/a>,\u00a0Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

Praise For Jennifer:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cMcMahon\u2019s gift is the deliciously twisty way she subverts all of your expectations, keeping you guessing with wry wit and feverish chills.\u201d\u00a0 \u2014 People Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n

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When<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0where<\/a>\u00a0do you like to write? Are you the\u00a0same-thing-every-day kind of writer<\/a>\u00a0or can you write anytime, anywhere?<\/h3>\n

I\u2019ve learned to be fairly productive just about anytime anywhere (on airplanes, while the car is getting serviced, while waiting for my daughter at the orthodontist) but I mostly write from home during the day when my daughter is at school. I have a home office, but I\u2019m more often in the living room (that\u2019s where the woodstove is and it\u2019s much toastier in the winter!), or dining room where I have more room to spread my papers and stuff out. I also have a shed in the yard that I write in during warm weather. I love my writing shed because it\u2019s just separate enough from the house to not be tempted by distractions like the piles of dishes that need to be done, laundry that needs to be folded, dinner that needs to get started. When the writing isn\u2019t flowing, it\u2019s easy to find things that feel like they need to be done. Sometimes if I\u2019m feeling super distracted or unfocused, I pack up my laptop and head to the library or a caf\u00e9 in town to write. A change of scene makes all the difference!<\/p>\n

Do you have any\u00a0pre-writing rituals<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0habits<\/a>\u00a0before you sit down to write?<\/h3>\n

I start off every day with a to-do list. I actually use a bullet journal<\/a> to help me stay organized with both writing and life tasks.\u00a0 I\u2019m a big fan of planning out what I have to do, and making little boxes I can check off\u2014so satisfying! I\u2019ll write down things like \u201cRough out chapter 3\u201d or \u201cGet 2,000 words in\u201d or \u201cBrainstorm ways to fix XYZ problem\u201d. Oh, and I make coffee. Coffee is an absolute essential<\/a>! Can\u2019t start work without it.<\/p>\n

Have you ever experienced a prolonged\u00a0creative rut<\/a>\u00a0or a spell of\u00a0writer\u2019s block<\/a>? How did you get through them?<\/h3>\n

Nothing really prolonged, but I do get stuck. I\u2019ve learned lots of tips and tricks for getting myself unstuck<\/a> over the years. I\u2019ve always got several projects going at once \u2014 the book I\u2019m putting most of my focus on that will (more than likely) be the next book out, and several back burner projects. If I\u2019ve truly hit the wall with my main book, I\u2019ll pull up one of the others to work on for a while. Often the time away gives me new insight and I\u2019m able to solve the problem with the main story when I dive back in. Other things I do when I\u2019m stuck: go for a walk<\/a>, brainstorm with index cards<\/a>, shut down my computer and write in my journal, draw, read poetry, have a beer, go see a movie.<\/p>\n

Getting stuck is part of the process for me. So is feeling discouraged. It never fails that when I\u2019m about halfway through the process of writing a book,\u00a0I convince myself that it\u2019s complete crap<\/a> and I should just give up. I get grumpy and sulky and full of self-loathing. My partner and daughter are used to this by now, and are really good at gently telling me to get over it and get myself back to work.<\/p>\n

Deciding on an idea to pursue writing about can be the most challenging aspect for a writer. How do you generate and capture ideas? And how do you come to the point of \u2018this is something I want to write about\u2019?<\/h3>\n

Ideas are all around us. I think once you start capturing them, more come your way \u2013 it\u2019s kind of like opening a faucet and just letting them flow. I write everything down in one of my notebooks or on index cards <\/a>\u2013 all ideas, big and little. I get ideas from my dreams, things I see out in the world, conversations with friends, things I hear on the radio. Sometimes an idea just comes to me and I\u2019ve learned that if I don\u2019t write it down, it\u2019ll be gone. Some of those ideas I may never use. But some are the springboards for big stories. How do I know when I\u2019ve hit on one of those? It\u2019s a feeling I get \u2013 this kind of sixth sense writing tingle.\u00a0 It hits me like a shot of adrenalin. I get all ramped up and excited. The idea is all I can think about, all I want to think about. I think the key to getting those good ideas, the ones that stand out, is to constantly be generating tons of ideas, even crappy ones.<\/p>\n

I actually have an idea box \u2013 an old cigar box I decorated with images and words. I put all my favorite ideas into it \u2013 things scrawled on index cards or typed up on the computer. Ideas for stories, characters, settings, names I want to use. When I\u2019m stuck or unsure what might be next, I open up that box and usually find inspiration. It\u2019s like a magic writing cauldron!<\/p>\n

Could you talk about your index card system<\/a>? How it started, how it works, any details you\u2019re willing to share.<\/h3>\n

I use index cards<\/a> for so many things! I have stacks of them all over my house, in the car, in coat pockets and in bags. I use them for capturing ideas, for brainstorming (I start with a stack of cards, put one idea on a card and just keep going until the ideas stop coming), for general notes to myself as I\u2019m working (things like PUT IN LOTS OF RED IMAGERY), and for structuring stories.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s my process in a nutshell: I don\u2019t do much planning or outlining. I write a sparse, incredibly messy first draft<\/a>. Once that\u2019s done, I print it, then lay it all out, chapter by chapter, over the floor of my house. Then I walk over and around it, study it, start moving things around. I take out chapters. I move chapters from one place to another. I break chapters up or combine them. I fill in holes with pieces of paper with roughed out details of scenes that need to be added in. I color code each chapter by timeline and\/or point of view. It\u2019s kind of like doing a giant collage. Once I\u2019m done with this and have a structure I\u2019m happy with, I get out my index cards. I make one card for each chapter and just write down the bare bones details of what needs to happen. When I\u2019m done, I\u2019ve got a stack of cards (again color-coded by point of view and\/or timeline) that is now a rough outline that I keep by my desk and use as I revise.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been doing it this way since I wrote my first novel, Promise Not to Tell<\/em><\/a>. In Promise<\/em>, I had a present-day storyline and a past storyline. In my original draft, it was chronological, with the past all together at the beginning of the book. It didn\u2019t feel right. So I printed the whole thing out and laid it out all over my floor. Once I did that, it became very clear to me that I needed to go back and forth through time, chapter by chapter. I\u2019ve been laying my books out on the floor ever since!<\/p>\n

What does a successful writing day mean for you? And how do you finish out a day of writing? Do you have a process, or is it just that you know you\u2019ve hit a natural stopping point?<\/h3>\n

A successful writing day means I\u2019ve accomplished whatever goals I set up for myself at the beginning of the day. I get to check off the boxes on my to-do list! I usually try to be wrapped up with work by the time my daughter gets out of school so I can focus on mom and home duties \u2013 getting her to dance class, helping with homework, figuring out dinner. But if I\u2019m on a roll (or on a tight deadline!) I\u2019ll keep going and write in the late afternoon and evening. Sometimes I end up bringing my laptop to bed with me because things are flowing and I don\u2019t want to stop. I always try to stop at a point where I know what my main goal for the next day will be. Sometimes I even write that down in the place I leave off. Like I\u2019ll end a scene and write: \u201cNEXT SCENE: Helen has to go to the old mill and bring back bricks\u201d just so I\u2019ll have a starting point for the next morning.<\/p>\n

What\u00a0books<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0writers<\/a>\u00a0have most influenced the way you think and the way you write?<\/h3>\n

I came to fiction from the world of poetry and I think reading and writing poetry greatly influenced the way I write fiction. It taught me about language, description, atmosphere, metaphor and how to take leaps and make connections. When I\u2019m stuck in fiction now, I\u2019ll read some of the poets I love. Some of my favorites: Anne Sexton<\/a>, Sylvia Plath<\/a> and Ai<\/a>. Some of the fiction writers who have inspired me most: Shirley Jackson<\/a> (my absolute favorite!!), Patricia Highsmith<\/a>, Harper Lee<\/a> and Stephen King<\/a>. Reading Joseph Campbell\u2019s The Hero with a Thousand Faces<\/em><\/a> had a huge influence on the way I think about stories and their structure \u2013 concepts I go back to again and again when I\u2019m structuring my own books.<\/p>\n

What is your\u00a0advice to aspiring writers<\/a>?<\/h3>\n

My number one piece of advice is this: write the story you most want to read! My first three novel attempts were not that great. I was writing what I thought other people expected of me \u2014 books that were more quiet and literary. Then, before sitting down to work on novel number four, I asked myself, \u201cWhat\u2019s the book I most want to read?\u201d and the answer came back loud and clear: a ghost story. So I wrote my ghost story, which became my first published novel, Promise Not to Tell<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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