Susie Steinle
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Sylvain Reynard:
Hello SR, I hope you are well. I was talking to my son today about books & writing. As an avid reader & young filmmaker he has always wanted to know how an author begins writing. So, this question is from my son Sam: "When writing a book, do you start with an idea for a character, a particular scene, dialogue or the complete story and how do you build outwards from that original idea?" Thank you & best wishes, Susie x
Sylvain Reynard
Hello Susie. Hello Sam.
Thanks for your question.
It depends. When I began writing The Gabriel Series, the story unfolded in my imagination in a very detailed fashion.
With The Florentine Series, it began with the character of Raven and her walk home after a party ...
I try to allow the creative process to unfold while keeping in mind that characters are persons - in order for them to be realistic they have to have a backstory, beliefs, desires, and intentions.
I ask myself "What would this character say or do next?" at every instance. And that helps drive the story forward.
I hope this helps. Thanks for your question.
And thanks for reading, SR
Thanks for your question.
It depends. When I began writing The Gabriel Series, the story unfolded in my imagination in a very detailed fashion.
With The Florentine Series, it began with the character of Raven and her walk home after a party ...
I try to allow the creative process to unfold while keeping in mind that characters are persons - in order for them to be realistic they have to have a backstory, beliefs, desires, and intentions.
I ask myself "What would this character say or do next?" at every instance. And that helps drive the story forward.
I hope this helps. Thanks for your question.
And thanks for reading, SR
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Rim Hamdaoui
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Sylvain Reynard:
Hello SR! I am a big fan of yours, and I just want to thank you for writing Gabriel's inferno series, it is just a masterpiece! Me relating to both Gabriel and Julianne made me understand myself more. But I wanted to ask, would we get more books of the series? And by the way, what inspired you to write such a story and relate it to academic professions and Italian literature? Thank you so much again for your writings
Tessa
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Sylvain Reynard:
First of all, congratulations for the release of your newest book 'The man in the black suit', I'm SO looking forward to read it. I've been trying to buy your book but there is no paperback option on the Amazon Mexico site there is only CD and kindle format, do you happen to know why or maybe when will it be available?
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