Samantha Sheafer
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Rin Chupeco:
Hello! I just started reading to my sister, The Girl from the Well. We both immensely love it! She loves the scary parts and I love the Japanese culture. It is a brilliant book, so my sister wants to know "What is the hardest thing about writing?" Again, we both love the book and can't wait for the next one! -Charlie
Rin Chupeco
Writing. Writing is the hardest thing about writing.
It's easy at first, when they're just percolating in your head. In there, characters always appear the way you want them to be, storylines seem plausible, and everything feels coherent and well-developed. But when you start writing them down, they have to make the transition from being coherent only to you, to needing to be coherent to everyone else. Writing a work of fiction is really just explaining to people about the idea you had, through a story. And if you don't explain it well enough, they won't like it. Worse still, you're trying to explain your idea to people you have never even met yet. That's a daunting task.
Thank you very much, and thank your sister for me as well! :)
It's easy at first, when they're just percolating in your head. In there, characters always appear the way you want them to be, storylines seem plausible, and everything feels coherent and well-developed. But when you start writing them down, they have to make the transition from being coherent only to you, to needing to be coherent to everyone else. Writing a work of fiction is really just explaining to people about the idea you had, through a story. And if you don't explain it well enough, they won't like it. Worse still, you're trying to explain your idea to people you have never even met yet. That's a daunting task.
Thank you very much, and thank your sister for me as well! :)
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Mark Warner
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Rin Chupeco:
Hey...no more questions.... I just wanted to say I've been reading horror for a lot of years...mostly average, some really bad, but some really, really good.. and I love the way you write. I actually find myself smiling as I read your books...I must look nuts ?! So enjoyable...I will read anything you write. You fall into the really, really good category. That's it, I won't bother you anymore. Have a great career
Brianna
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Rin Chupeco:
I am a young author and i'm working on finishing a couple books. I won't be done writing them for awhile though. I just was wondering how you became an author and got your books out there. I'm also wondering if I can be a writer through Good Reads the same as you. I just wanted to see if you could give me any good tips. Do you have like any advice or answers? I would say more but Good Reads doesn't let me.
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