J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World by Bonnie Burton

I know some people just say, “Turn off your internet”, but I can’t do that. If I don’t have a yellow pad and I’m working on my computer, I guarantee you I’m checking Twitter at least 80,000 times before I get my first paragraph written, and that’s a problem. I do it just because I am such an ADHD person. I just prefer them because they’re long, and they’re yellow so they’re easier on the eyes if you’re writing late at night. The reason I do that, it’s just a pen and a pad. I do all my first drafts and outlines on yellow pads. You still have to do all your own marketing. You’re still doing that hustle as an author. It’s also about, what do you do after the book is published? Because I’m on my 10th book, and every publisher is different.

It’s funny too because, it’s not just about writing. For me as a writer, I re-read it once a year to remind myself I’m not a hack.

But it also is very candid about his alcohol and drug abuse, and how his wife really kept him grounded, and how he still struggles with things like writers block and impostor syndrome and all of that. Then it talks about all of his struggles. He kind of got his start as an underground writer.

But it was all the stuff that they wouldn’t print in the regular high school newspaper. Because it’s just making fun of teachers and stuff. Even talks about his childhood, where he wrote kind of an underground zine at his high school, and almost got kicked out for it.

Because he shares his experiences and his habits and his thoughts all throughout all of the books he wrote. I think it’s immensely helpful and illuminating to any writer at any skill level. Stephen King wrote a great memoir about his career, and how he struggled as a writer. She’s on Twitter at to the Cool Tools Show on iTunes | RSS | Transcript | Download MP3 | See all the Cool Tools Show posts on a single page Rowling’s Wizarding World Movie Magic: Amazing Artifacts Crafting With Feminism Star Wars Craft Book Draw Star Wars: The Clone Wars Girls Against Girls Pros and (Comic) Cons Womanthology and more. Her books include Live or Die?: Survival Hacks J.K. Bonnie is a Los Angeles-based author, who writes books and comics about sea monsters, Wookiees, mean girls, crafts, magical things, robots and aliens.

J.K. Rowling's Wizarding World by Bonnie Burton