Ask the Author: Scottshak
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Scottshak
I am currently reading Shantaram which I think will take some time to finish. I truly want to enjoy it. Simultaneously, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept will be taken up. Hope to finish them both soon. :)
Scottshak
My biggest inspiration is peerless love for the good stuff. All the good things in the world that I focus on makes me want to weave out a fresh one from my own pen.
Creation is beautiful. When I write something that my brain registers as extremely powerful, it makes me ecstatic beyond limit. I love how magic happens when you quickly fling a word against each other. It is this ability to understand and perceive beauty that I think inspires me truly.
Then there are so many good writers out there. When I read them I couldn't praise them enough. It makes me want to tell them somehow how beautiful their creation is. They are all geniuses and I wish I could say the same about my creations. But it is after all for the world to judge.
Creation is beautiful. When I write something that my brain registers as extremely powerful, it makes me ecstatic beyond limit. I love how magic happens when you quickly fling a word against each other. It is this ability to understand and perceive beauty that I think inspires me truly.
Then there are so many good writers out there. When I read them I couldn't praise them enough. It makes me want to tell them somehow how beautiful their creation is. They are all geniuses and I wish I could say the same about my creations. But it is after all for the world to judge.
Scottshak
There's a friend of mine who motivates me a lot. If I end up with a writer's block I ring him up and tell him my scene. He always understands, and then we discuss away probable scenarios into the night and then together we gnaw away at that block until it no longer exists.
Scottshak
The best thing about a writer is you are unlike the crowded lot. You are different than a lot of shallow beings. You think different, you are disparate. And it feels good to be above them all.
The only sad thing is that a lot of people don't get you, but at the same time it feels terrific when they do.
The only sad thing is that a lot of people don't get you, but at the same time it feels terrific when they do.
Scottshak
The first one would be:
1. Keep writing, of course. When you stop you inadvertently wind up in webs of lethargy. Make it a wont, so that whenever you sit to write, the job feels like a vacation and not a punishing thing you 'have' to do.
The second one would be:
2. Never stop dreaming. I know that because I never did. Image your book take form even when it's not there. Think about how you would be holding yourself against it, and how euphoric would it make you when it will finally arrive.
The third one would be:
3. Don't just sit there hoping someone would come and do something for you. It's you who is going to get the job done. Take responsibility and dive in.
The last one would be:
4. Keep thinking. It's our thoughts that shape up a book. They are always there, filter them out for your book. Rope in the awesomeness sans mediocrity.
1. Keep writing, of course. When you stop you inadvertently wind up in webs of lethargy. Make it a wont, so that whenever you sit to write, the job feels like a vacation and not a punishing thing you 'have' to do.
The second one would be:
2. Never stop dreaming. I know that because I never did. Image your book take form even when it's not there. Think about how you would be holding yourself against it, and how euphoric would it make you when it will finally arrive.
The third one would be:
3. Don't just sit there hoping someone would come and do something for you. It's you who is going to get the job done. Take responsibility and dive in.
The last one would be:
4. Keep thinking. It's our thoughts that shape up a book. They are always there, filter them out for your book. Rope in the awesomeness sans mediocrity.
Scottshak
I was sitting there with one of my inspirational friends discussing how to establish myself as an author. One of my colossal projects that looked nowhere close to publishing now were demoralizing me, stopping me from seeing myself somewhere. Then suddenly the idea struck me, what if I choose to publish my poems instead. I had written 35 poems so far and they were all sitting there on a website. I thought why not make it 40 and slap them into a book so that it gives me a major push as an poet, as an author. That's how Songs of a Ruin was born.
Scottshak
I have always been intrigued by the idea of writing a book on mythological characters. Growing up I have seen them and read them enough to know that their writers took a lot of liberty to portray fictional characters as Gods. Now to the current world, you can't explain that without hurting their feelings. So I have decided to weave my own take of it, without projecting them as super human beings. By doing so, I will be an eye-opener for those who blindly believe what they read. Also, it would feel really great to break conventions via my writings where people have been doing things the way they were done, without questioning why. It's important to tell them that the era is bygone. They were all figments created by a man and were revered so much that everyone started believing they existed.
I have been interested in one character a lot that people forgot all about, or they chose not to notice in their scavenge for some divine bliss. I am not going to name that character yet since it would be a major spoiler. I just want you to know that it is important we don't forget the "looked over" ones, the unimportant ones that were in fact immensely important. They should not get lost in the glory of glorifying the glorified.
I have so far written a prologue and two chapters and the work is in progress.
I have been interested in one character a lot that people forgot all about, or they chose not to notice in their scavenge for some divine bliss. I am not going to name that character yet since it would be a major spoiler. I just want you to know that it is important we don't forget the "looked over" ones, the unimportant ones that were in fact immensely important. They should not get lost in the glory of glorifying the glorified.
I have so far written a prologue and two chapters and the work is in progress.
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