Ask the Author: Leopold Borstinski
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Leopold Borstinski
Well, I already insert biographical details in my stories so I’m halfway there. The great thing about fiction is that anything can happen. The harsh reality of ordinary living is that very little occurs.
Perhaps a book could begin with me wandering into a room and wondering what I’m doing there. Then noticing the blood trail to the bathroom…
Perhaps a book could begin with me wandering into a room and wondering what I’m doing there. Then noticing the blood trail to the bathroom…
Leopold Borstinski
I woke up this morning to find I have become an insect. I look in the mirror and see Donald Trump’s face staring back at me.
Leopold Borstinski
I'm tempted to suggest I'd take an AK47 to Tolkein's hobbit infested land and sort everything out in thirty pages flat.
But instead, I'd love to be in the Corleone family watching Michael refashion his life as corruption engulfs him. I'd just watch and learn.
But instead, I'd love to be in the Corleone family watching Michael refashion his life as corruption engulfs him. I'd just watch and learn.
Leopold Borstinski
Simply, the joy of creating stories from nothing. I love it. And I get to do something I truly enjoy every day of the year.
Leopold Borstinski
Right now, I'm writing a story about a teenager in 1913 New York as he makes his way up the greasy pole of the Jewish criminal underworld.
Leopold Borstinski
The original idea for The Heist was to follow a story about the preparation for a robberywithout wanting to have the experience of the robbery being the main focus of the narrative.
So, yes, there is a description of what happens when Frank and his gang are stood inside the bank, but we see the gang ready themselves from many different perspectives.
So, yes, there is a description of what happens when Frank and his gang are stood inside the bank, but we see the gang ready themselves from many different perspectives.
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