Ask the Author: Kevin Wright
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Kevin Wright
Hey, Ben, will do! I think you're actually coming over tonight if I'm not mistaken. See you soon, man.
Rock on.
Rock on.
Kevin Wright
Hi Thomas, and thanks for the kind words.
I'm currently a quarter of the way through the second draft of 'Husk' a sequel to my fantasy 'Lords of Asylum,' so a fantasy series is in the works. I don't know that I'd consider it epic, though.
I'm hoping to have it published in the next year. It's just been slow going lately due to life and responsibilities and other boring stuff.
I'm currently a quarter of the way through the second draft of 'Husk' a sequel to my fantasy 'Lords of Asylum,' so a fantasy series is in the works. I don't know that I'd consider it epic, though.
I'm hoping to have it published in the next year. It's just been slow going lately due to life and responsibilities and other boring stuff.
Kevin Wright
I'm currently reading the fourth book of the Black Company series by Glenn Cook. I plan on either leapfrogging each of those with the Malazan series by Erikson or just ploughing through the whole thing.
Kevin Wright
Just letting my creativity run wild in the act of building something of worth.
Kevin Wright
I was watching a History Channel special on the Aztecs and wanted to incorporate a modern take on their gods through the world of the emergency medical services. This got me to my short story, "The New Guard."
Kevin Wright
The usual answer. Write every day. I equate it to working out. The more you do it, the easier and more proficient you become at it. Even if you only have twenty minutes, it's worth sitting down a typing. I find that as long as I've done something every day, I still have the feeling of forward momentum with a work. There's nothing worse writing-wise than feeling as though your work is stagnating. Keep at it.
Also, take a typing course. I used a Mavis-Beacon computer typing course, took the time about 15 years ago and though I'm not going to win any races typing, I can type well enough.
Take run through a grammar book every couple months to refresh your mind on the rules.
Learn to enjoy editing. When I started writing, I hated editing. Now it's my favorite part of the writing process. It's nice to write that first draft and get it done, but it's even better to go back and clean it up and make it as good on paper as it was in your head. If you put the time in editing it'll be even better on the page. It's nice when that happens.
Also, take a typing course. I used a Mavis-Beacon computer typing course, took the time about 15 years ago and though I'm not going to win any races typing, I can type well enough.
Take run through a grammar book every couple months to refresh your mind on the rules.
Learn to enjoy editing. When I started writing, I hated editing. Now it's my favorite part of the writing process. It's nice to write that first draft and get it done, but it's even better to go back and clean it up and make it as good on paper as it was in your head. If you put the time in editing it'll be even better on the page. It's nice when that happens.
Kevin Wright
The usual answer. Write every day. I equate it to working out. The more you do it, the easier and more proficient you become at it. Even if you only have twenty minutes, it's worth sitting down a typing. I find that as long as I've done something every day, I still have the feeling of forward momentum with a work. There's nothing worse writing-wise than feeling as though your work is stagnating. Keep at it.
Also, take a typing course. I used a Mavis-Beacon computer typing course, took the time about 15 years ago and though I'm not going to win any races typing, I can type well enough.
Take run through a grammar book every couple months to refresh your mind on the rules.
Learn to enjoy editing. When I started writing, I hated editing. Now it's my favorite part of the writing process. It's nice to write that first draft and get it done, but it's even better to go back and clean it up and make it as good on paper as it was in your head. If you put the time in editing it'll be even better on the page. It's nice when that happens.
Also, take a typing course. I used a Mavis-Beacon computer typing course, took the time about 15 years ago and though I'm not going to win any races typing, I can type well enough.
Take run through a grammar book every couple months to refresh your mind on the rules.
Learn to enjoy editing. When I started writing, I hated editing. Now it's my favorite part of the writing process. It's nice to write that first draft and get it done, but it's even better to go back and clean it up and make it as good on paper as it was in your head. If you put the time in editing it'll be even better on the page. It's nice when that happens.
Kevin Wright
I get inspiration to write from everything. Books. People I meet or see on the street. Stories I hear about, read about, watch on television. I read a fair amount of history, as well as watch the history channel. Anything historical can be melded and used for your writing. If something grabs me as interesting, I'll file it away to use. Sometimes it'll become the basis for a story , though much of the time I'll use ideas to flesh out characters through their back story.
Kevin Wright
I am currently working on a full length novel that's basically Game of Thrones meets the Maltese Falcon.
Kevin Wright
I usually find that writer's block is a sort of symptom of me not doing enough prep work with regards to a character and/or the setting.
With a character, it's sometimes that I don't know that character well enough to know what he/she would do in a given situation. Fleshing out the character's history, along with physical makeup, social ties and any other information I can drum up will give me insight into what that character would do in given jam.
The same goes with a setting. If I'm stuck, sometimes going into my world-building scheme and fleshing out more of the history, geography, or whatever will open up venues and choices for my characters that I hadn't seen before. I find often that the act of drawing a map of the region that my story takes place in will get me unstuck from writer's block. The map will also give insight into the history of the land along with economic considerations. This will often give me enough information to know where I the story needs to go.
With a character, it's sometimes that I don't know that character well enough to know what he/she would do in a given situation. Fleshing out the character's history, along with physical makeup, social ties and any other information I can drum up will give me insight into what that character would do in given jam.
The same goes with a setting. If I'm stuck, sometimes going into my world-building scheme and fleshing out more of the history, geography, or whatever will open up venues and choices for my characters that I hadn't seen before. I find often that the act of drawing a map of the region that my story takes place in will get me unstuck from writer's block. The map will also give insight into the history of the land along with economic considerations. This will often give me enough information to know where I the story needs to go.
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