“I have a million ideas. The difficult part is deciding which of those ideas are the right ones for me.”
Questions and answers from world-builders, character-designers and story-makers
“Many authors speak of outlining a story with all the basic ideas and story lines. I just sat down and started writing. The characters and stories flowed like a faucet almost faster than I could put them on the screen.”
“Pretty much all my stories have one thing in common, an underdog. I don’t know why I love that archetype so much, but so far all my MCs have been drastically underestimated, sometimes by others, and often by themselves”
“Good characters make stories interesting. They’re where the gold is at.”
“Keeping ideas fresh is always an obstacle, of course, as well as the amount of research required when taking inspiration from certain mythologies.”
“I live life. I laugh, I cry, I travel, I keep my eyes and ears open and always carry a notebook and pen!”
“It’s not always easy to fathom the mind of a serial killer though, or indeed accurately portray the inner voice of a thirty year old woman when you’re neither.”
“I'm not sure I do fully overcome the challenges, I think I try and find a way around them.”
“I find myself talking to them, arguing with them, walking around with them beside me.”
“Even if you can barely squeak out a paragraph. Don’t worry about editing and making things perfect. Just write”
“I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.”
“I think that was his way of telling me I was a terrible actor.”