Chris Andrews writing life began almost with a dear . He felt he could write storeys better than some of the ones he was reading and his friends dear him to do it! 

 So he did!

 Chris now writes across two series and many standalones in a universe called Vale of gods. The universe gives him lots of scoop for characters and plotlines .

 Initially though Chris found he had so many ideas that he would get stuck . He didn't know where to start and realised he had to make a decision to write one book, stick with it until the end and only then move on to the next book.

 The most recent release is a book from his mermaid series . He wrote it's as part of nanowrimo an it was entirely discovery written. As a result he had a lot of rewrites to do, and almost didn't publish it. But he's very pleased he continued because now it's I exciting fast paced Storey .

 One of the problems he had was when the book got boring and he didn't know how to fix it. So he asked himself the question, what's the worst that can happen? When he asked himself at, storeys opened up and the character started speaking for themselves and the result is in the published Storey.

 A discovery writer by nature, he does need to have some sort of plan so that he can blend the emotional and logical parts of his brain. he knows too that structure is important because readers are expecting certain elements in a Storey and if they thought they are the reader is unsatisfied even if they don't know why.

 Chris used to feedback on other peoples manuscripts and notice they were making a lot of the mistakes that he made in the beginning and that with a few tweaks the books could be ready for editing. With that in mind he was prompted to right his character and structure workbook series .

 The structure that he teaches within the workbooks is the three act structure . We delve into that in the interview, as well as taking a look at themes and why they can be an important part of your Storey.

 Chris Andrews is currently working on 2 new novels, one set in his hometown of Canberra, Australia. The other is set in Las Vegas. 

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