Ask the Author: G.D. Master
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G.D. Master
One of my favorite literary couples is Charles Egremont and Sybil Gerard from Disraeli’s novel Sybil, or the Two Nations. They are intelligently written characters in the most socially complex novel I have read. They talk of politics and religion, agree and disagree on subjects, but are able to come together for swashbuckling climax and fairytale ending.
G.D. Master
A difficult question. If there is a sure-fire answer to overcoming writer’s block I would like to know it.
G.D. Master
Being a writer can be an advantage for people who have free or down time when not working at their career; that is if their career is not writing. It is a good creative path that can help organize and improve ideas in all areas of interest.
G.D. Master
Writers should always strive to educate themselves, whether through school or teaching. The more a person writes the better a person gets.
G.D. Master
A project that I am working with now is trying to apply formal argumentation to Shakespearian Sonnets. I have kicked the idea around for about six years. I haven’t had good success, but feel I am getting better at it.
G.D. Master
Usually by reading other people’s work. Sometimes having ideas for self-publishing helps, it gives me an excuse to have material for experimentation.
G.D. Master
I needed to get away from confessional poetry and first person perspective, so I started describing images and inferring meaning from them.
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