{"id":488,"date":"2015-09-22T18:40:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T18:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hannahourani.com\/writer\/?p=488"},"modified":"2015-09-22T13:42:52","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T13:42:52","slug":"anne-rices-opinion-on-writinggetting-published-the-importance-of-having-fresh-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hannahourani.com\/writer\/2015\/09\/22\/anne-rices-opinion-on-writinggetting-published-the-importance-of-having-fresh-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne Rice&#8217;s opinion on writing\/getting published &#8211; The importance of having fresh ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was watching Anne Rice&#8217;s video on writing which she put up a few years ago on YouTube<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bw2KXX7WrOY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>For those not familiar with Anne&#8217;s work, she is\u00a0the\u00a0writer behind <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Interview with the Vampire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Interview-Vampire-Anne-Rice\/dp\/0394498216%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0394498216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"amazon\">Interview with a Vampire<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0110148\/\">arguably more famous in its movie form, starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise<\/a>) and The Queen of the Damned.<\/p>\n<p>Anne made vampires cool before\u00a0Stephenie Meyer chimed in\u00a0and ruined them for me.<\/p>\n<p>Anne&#8217;s video\u00a0basically boils down to this: If you want to be writer sit your ass down and write.<\/p>\n<p>No surprise there. Seems to be general consensus about writing.<\/p>\n<p>What was a bit strange to me, was hearing her say that publishing hasn&#8217;t changed since her day &#8211; that agents are still looking for fresh ideas.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s kind of obvious now that she mentions it, but\u00a0got me wondering when was the last time that I saw a fresh idea.<\/p>\n<p>When writers discuss the process of writing, fresh ideas rarely seem to be part of the topic.<\/p>\n<p>While I agree that churning out the pages will eventually result in honed writing skills, I wonder if it will also result in fresh\u00a0ideas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was watching Anne Rice&#8217;s video on writing which she put up a few years ago on YouTube For those not familiar with Anne&#8217;s work, she is\u00a0the\u00a0writer behind Interview with a Vampire (arguably more famous in its movie form, starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise) and The Queen of the Damned. 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