Hello everyone pleased to indirectly meet you who now is reading this. Like Some of you, I too am a writer. I have been a writer ever since I was little. Always day dreaming and imagining stories most of the time as I grew up. I have read and watched a lot of writers create brilliant worlds, stories and characters.As a Whovian and humanist/activist some writers and authors that have inspired me are, Octavia E. Butler, C.S Lewis, Jules Verne, John Marsden, G.R.R Martin, Sidney Newman (Who as many of you know created a Show which Incidentally I am also a big fan of as a Whovian called Doctor Who), Brian Herbert, Kevin Andrews and the Wakowskis along with Joss Whedon and more but we could be here a while if I did that so there you go, just a few of many favourite writers. Honestly though writers who changed my life are Octavia E Butler, John Marsden and Sidney Newman. I grew up with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy and have seen many different shades of humanity. Both good, dark and complicated. This has led me to have a fascination with people which in turn led me to become a humanist and activist. Like many of the writers listed here I am really into characters, their development and how that development effects the world around theme through themes like Identity, belonging etc. As an organic writer I say write what you feel as emotions when infused with words make stories all the more fluid and as such I would say that a writer is merely the conduit and the stories that one creates are in a sense alive. I have studied a Bachelor in Professional Writing and Publishing Degree and no I am not going to tell any aspiring writer that it is a lot of work in this industry. Yes seventy percent of the work is editing, yes you will do many drafts before you come to the final finished story but if you remember your passion for creating your story, dedication is second nature/mere muscle memory at that point.As far as inspiration is concerned I think for me it's half external influence from favourite authors etc and half about experiences that I have had in life. Inspiration in my life has led to me working on two books (One of which will soon be turned into a trilogy), multiple novellas, (Including a Doctor Who Novella Spinoff series that is published first on a Facebook Page called Clara and the Tardis) many Short Stories (Working on about 15 at the moment but spacing things out to avoid going mad haha) and I was once commissioned to write a TV Series Pilot which I then co produced and directed. (Shelving that one until I can find new cast and crew members. So there you have it, a small Slice of who I am. Let's go on an adventure! |