I like to call it nighttime brain: the way your mind seems to function on a different frequency than it does during daylight hours - which can be good or bad but also can lead to unexpected epiphanies or experiences that wouldn't be the same at any other time of day. Erin Morgenstern badbraincall share on social
I binge write. I think it's because I started seriously writing by participating in National Novel Writing Month, an online-based challenge to write 50,000 words in 30 days. Erin Morgenstern 000basebinge Change image and share on social
It's a wonderful sort of feeling when people want to spend more time in a world you created. Erin Morgenstern createfeltpeople Change image and share on social
Plot is not my forte. It's like I have to live in my head in the book for a while before I figure out what the story is... My process is a bit messier. Erin Morgenstern bitebookfigure Change image and share on social
I love that very traditional fairy tale where it's not all 'happily ever after.' I like all that old school, bloody, 'Brothers Grimm' sort of stuff. So you have all those shades of gray in there. Erin Morgenstern bloodybrotherfairy Change image and share on social
I'm working on something that's not yet novel-shaped but is something of a film-noir-flavored 'Alice in Wonderland.' It will also very likely be a single volume story and not the start of a series. Erin Morgenstern alicefilmflavored Change image and share on social
I'm actually not a huge circus fan in the traditional sense, but I like a lot of the circus trappings of striped tents and caramel. I lean more towards Cirque du Soleil than Barnum and Bailey. Erin Morgenstern baileybarnumcaramel Change image and share on social
If I had a story idea that I felt would work best in three volumes I might write a trilogy eventually. I'd very likely write it all at once, though, so I could work on it as a whole and not broken into individual volumes. I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated. Erin Morgenstern bookbreakcomplicate share on social
I'm an emotional sort of person in general and I have a vivid imagination, so I feel the whole spectrum of emotion strongly when I write. Erin Morgenstern emotionemotionalfeel Change image and share on social
I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others. Erin Morgenstern goodhallmarkreader Change image and share on social