Neha

Neha asked Cornelia Funke:

Hello. How do you get ideas for your stories and how do you begin them? I find myself in front of my computer, frustrated and confused with every beginning of a story I'm trying to write. I love your books, they're amazing and capture me into a whole different world. :) Thanks

Cornelia Funke Neha, I admit I never have problems to find ideas (I have too many in fact:) The world is filled with stories! It might be helpful to decide on a place for your story? Every place in this world has so many stories connected to it, a landscape, animals, plants, people.... just grow antennas for the world and don't just try to find stories inside yourself. Storytellers should sing the song of the world:)

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Hello Miss Cornelia! I have just recently became a fan of yours, and I am in love with the Inkworld! I also took a trip to California last week and it was HOT compared to my home in rainy Portland, Oregon. I was just wondering how you felt about your transition from Germany to Cali, weather-wise, socially, everything?

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I love the Reckless series, so forgive the cheeky question: Did Orlando Tennant get his name because you pictured him as a blend of Orlando Bloom and David Tennant, both romantic, slender actors, one known for a very blond role?

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