Erich w/ an h
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David Wong:
In my humble opinion, Spiders is your best written novel. I believe that partially because I view the titular Spiders as a metaphor for addiction. That makes them a lot more terrifying for me. Is this just my interpretation, or was that something you intended when writing the novel?
David Wong
Thanks! I do think someone who doesn't have a personal connection to addiction could still find truth in it, because that feeling of having someone you love not be in total control of their personality is terrifying whether it's due to drugs, joining a cult, mental illness or whatever. Not because they turn into mindless monsters, but the opposite - you can still see the person there, it's just that you never know which decisions are truly "them" versus ones they'd later say they had no control over. It's the struggle of trying to find where the person stops and some malignant influence starts and the urge to stop treating them like a person at all.
To people who haven't read the book: It's not as depressing as I'm making it sound
To people who haven't read the book: It's not as depressing as I'm making it sound
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Erich w/ an h
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David Wong:
A writing technique you use is having a character know information that is, for stronger effect, purposefully never told to the audience. Things like what Hitchcock did to David, what John saw under Largemans mask, how much Big Jim knew about everything, Molly's recipe for spaghetti bolognese, etc. As the author, do you actually know those things (for reference maybe), or do you keep that info secret even to yourself?
Vincent Dellay
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David Wong:
Just curious... how long was it from the time you came up with the idea for WTHDIJR until the book was actually released? Some authors like Stephen King pump them out pretty quickly while others like George R. R. Martin take considerably longer (both are brilliant... I'm not cutting anyone down with that comment :)) The book is brilliant, by the way!
Angelo Tamez
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David Wong:
What was the darkest or most intense thing for you to write in one of your novels. Most of the time the novels are a fun read, but they occasionally get crazy dark with things like Dave and Molly's backstories, or the mindset of Molech and Korrok, things like that. What things did you write that made you think after "Whoah, that's really messed up."?
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