Ask the Author: Math Bird
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Math Bird
Thanks for reaching out Lilyyy. I'll keep it in mind for upcoming projects. Thanks, and best wishes, Math
Math Bird
The Whistling Sands - It was originally a short story, which needed to be fleshed out, and ended up being a psychological crime noir thriller.
The initial image that stuck in my mind was the Whistling Sands, and a story of betrayal, deceit, haunting and regret developed from that. Real places do that to you sometimes.
The initial image that stuck in my mind was the Whistling Sands, and a story of betrayal, deceit, haunting and regret developed from that. Real places do that to you sometimes.
Math Bird
When an idea takes root, and I can't shake it off, and the story demands to be told.
Math Bird
A crime thriller set in the 1970s in northeast Wales. It's a cross between Barry Hine's KES, and Jim Thompson's THE GETAWAY. I'm thoroughly enjoying writing this at the moment.
Math Bird
Well, we're all aspiring writers to varying degrees. We remain such, no matter how much success or disappointment we get along the way. Only our aspirations change.
I guess the best advice is to keep writing and reading.
Reading is critical, but reading as a writer. Most writers advise that reading is essential, but for writers starting out sometimes, it needs more clarification for the advice to be of any use.
So, here's my take on it. Reading, as in the sense, taking notice of and learning how the writers you like, or perhaps don't like, structure narrative, create sentences, uses verbs, and punctuation. How do they write dialogue? How do they create characters? Paragraph length, sentence flow, etc. These are things I take notice of when I'm reading.
I guess the best advice is to keep writing and reading.
Reading is critical, but reading as a writer. Most writers advise that reading is essential, but for writers starting out sometimes, it needs more clarification for the advice to be of any use.
So, here's my take on it. Reading, as in the sense, taking notice of and learning how the writers you like, or perhaps don't like, structure narrative, create sentences, uses verbs, and punctuation. How do they write dialogue? How do they create characters? Paragraph length, sentence flow, etc. These are things I take notice of when I'm reading.
Math Bird
Three things for me, which are interconnected.
* This initial idea and shaping it in my mind.
* Getting that idea written and crafting it as best as you can.
* Someone else reads it and enjoys it as much as you.
* This initial idea and shaping it in my mind.
* Getting that idea written and crafting it as best as you can.
* Someone else reads it and enjoys it as much as you.
Math Bird
It depends on what you mean by writer's block. For me, that means that I'm still formulating an idea for a story, novella, etc. I'm fleshing it out in my mind, letting my excitement take root. When I have that and the idea, story, characters, etc., take hold, and then I start to write. So, unless I have that, I don't write.
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