Ask the Author: Ray Mootrey
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Ray Mootrey
My favorite fictional couple is Jack and Anne in my book "Metal Horses" because they experience true unconditional love even for only a brief moment before circumstance separate them for the rest of their lives.
Ray Mootrey
My recent book story idea is a continuation of my first book story. I've only written two so far. Back in the mid 1970's I had an idea for a short story that I thought I should write, about a domed city and a hero who for some reason had to escape. I called him "Harry," then added "the mole" because of the way that I would have him dig his way out. I never wrote it. I was too busy earning a living and raising a family. Three and a half years ago my soulmate went home leaving me with an urn of ashes. I was left alone, so I decided to write, proving that you're never too old to attempt something that you've always wanted to do. So I did and I am. So I wrote Harry the Mole, but entirely different than what I had in mind back in the '70's.
Ray Mootrey
Two or three glasses of red wind with golden oldies playing in the background should do it. I've always been a reader so initially, I wanted to prove to myself that I could write. I tried it and started something that I don't want to stop. Ideas for stories keep popping into my head, but I haven't had enough practice to be a fast writer so most of them will never get written.
Ray Mootrey
I'm beginning the third book in my series "The Descent into Normalcy," the continuing story of the people. I know where I want to go with it, but I'm not sure where I should start. Writer's Block?
Ray Mootrey
Read, write, rewrite. Read, read, write, rewrite, rewrite, Read, read, read, write, write, write.
Ray Mootrey
The absolute joy of reading the edited and finished manuscript; laughing where it's funny and crying where it's sad; feeling the emotions that you wanted to give the reader, and thinking, did I write that? It's fantastic. I can write.
(You need to feel that way whether what you've written is any good or not. If you've satisfied yourself, you're a success regardless of what others might think.)
(You need to feel that way whether what you've written is any good or not. If you've satisfied yourself, you're a success regardless of what others might think.)
Ray Mootrey
I guess that every writer deals with it differently. It's bound to happen and when it does I make every excuse possible to avoid writing. Sooner or later my conscience, longing and desire takes over and I sit and write. What I write then may bear little resemblance to what I really want to say and may never end up in the finished manuscript. But before long what I seek begins to flow, from where I do not know.
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