Ask the Author: Michael Wescott Loder
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Michael Wescott Loder
I would go to my own world of Donn in a flash. It is a world with no luxuries, but filled with kindness, understanding and music—and dragons, of course.
Michael Wescott Loder
Sometimes writing is something I just have to do. Writing allows me to make real all the ideas and stories my mind constantly creates.
Michael Wescott Loder
A teenage boy once abused treats anyone who does not believe him with silence. This includes his parents and schoolmates. Until one day he meets a girl who will talk to him and believes him …
Michael Wescott Loder
Some stories come easily. Others bog down. When they do, I walk away from them and do something else. Sometimes I go back, sometimes I don't. I long ago decided that I would not waste time staring at a screen when I had nothing to say. If I am "in the groove" of a story, every night in bed, I am writing the next part in my mind. By the time I am writing again, the story is already in my mind and ready to type into the program.
Michael Wescott Loder
Most of my fiction has started with an image, such as a girl's braids stapled to a fence post, or a girl imprisoned in a puppet's body. Once I have that image written down, I need to know what is the story behind the picture. I goes from there.
Michael Wescott Loder
A workshop I attended assigned us to write the opening paragraphs of three historical YA novels. I have since turned one of these paragraphs into a full historical novel, another one is a work in process and I still might do something with the third.
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