Ask the Author: Seb Larkin
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Seb Larkin
I have and I do get writer's block, and my way of dealing with it, is to write poetry. I believe it's essential to keep my mind focused on writing, and of course I'm constantly writing into my phone or a notepad, whatever comes into my mind because something will evolve from those thoughts and ideas.
Seb Larkin
That I have the opportunity to write about, not only my experiences, but that I'm a creator of characters who the reader will come to love and root for, or one they will hate. Characters that may be reflective of people we knew, or know.
There's also the fact that one day I can attempt those genres that I have loved reading since a boy, for instance, Fantasy Fiction.
Readers though for me, are who I want to reach and understand how they relate to what I'm writing. Because, there were times as a reader myself, that I was disappointed by an unseen curve. An untimely death of someone I connected with and grew to like, leaving me frustrated.
I like to think I'm aware of those intricacies and will try to appease the reader as much as possible with their expectations of the characters I have created in the Killing Streets.
The truth is I'm unsure who is still going to be around by the end of the end of Book 2. let alone 3 and 4. I mean, there are times I've thought I had everything figured out, and didn't. Witnesses, underwent al least three re-edits until I was happy with it. Teenage Rampage is currently undegoing another edit because of that, so too will the others on order to reflect the flow. I've no doubt that the romantics among us will be intrigued by the final book.
Writing, is a highly competitive industry, and you will be judged against other writers. Your characters against theirs. Your hero assessed against another, which I look genuinely forward too, with Tim Regan.
He's a hero who will appeal and by 1998, the complete article, and while I'm excited for people to discover him, and his friend Pat, the resident joker in the series.
The female characters do not play second fiddle to the guys, and of course, not every hero is a male. So, I guess the best thing about being a writer is how you see your creations evolve. Assessing them as a critic, a reader would, and making decisions, difficult as they will be, and of course, to who will remain and who will not.
There's also the fact that one day I can attempt those genres that I have loved reading since a boy, for instance, Fantasy Fiction.
Readers though for me, are who I want to reach and understand how they relate to what I'm writing. Because, there were times as a reader myself, that I was disappointed by an unseen curve. An untimely death of someone I connected with and grew to like, leaving me frustrated.
I like to think I'm aware of those intricacies and will try to appease the reader as much as possible with their expectations of the characters I have created in the Killing Streets.
The truth is I'm unsure who is still going to be around by the end of the end of Book 2. let alone 3 and 4. I mean, there are times I've thought I had everything figured out, and didn't. Witnesses, underwent al least three re-edits until I was happy with it. Teenage Rampage is currently undegoing another edit because of that, so too will the others on order to reflect the flow. I've no doubt that the romantics among us will be intrigued by the final book.
Writing, is a highly competitive industry, and you will be judged against other writers. Your characters against theirs. Your hero assessed against another, which I look genuinely forward too, with Tim Regan.
He's a hero who will appeal and by 1998, the complete article, and while I'm excited for people to discover him, and his friend Pat, the resident joker in the series.
The female characters do not play second fiddle to the guys, and of course, not every hero is a male. So, I guess the best thing about being a writer is how you see your creations evolve. Assessing them as a critic, a reader would, and making decisions, difficult as they will be, and of course, to who will remain and who will not.
Seb Larkin
Writers, come in all forms, and whether one is a Poet or other; we all have a desire to express ourselves productively and to the best of our ability.
Because someone else hasn’t written ‘it, your idea,’ doesn’t make what you’re contemplating unachievable. If you have imagination, resolve, and believe in yourself, anything is possible. Write your ideas down no matter how fanciful they seem and believe in yourself.
I’m constantly thinking and writing down ideas that end up in a folder. It may be relative to what I’m writing, or it may not, but something will evolve from it. I want my voice to be heard through my stories, whether they are fictional, factional based, or real.
To have even one person read what I wrote and relate to it, and shout ‘Wow, this made me think, or go ‘’Wow, Wow, Wow, this writer is someone who knows what I’m feeling, they understand me,’’ and to know they’re not alone, that someone wore that same t-shirt, dreamt and wished like they do, thinks like they do, and who can benefit from what I write, to be inspired by something I've written. Now, that would be a BIG WOW to me.
Because someone else hasn’t written ‘it, your idea,’ doesn’t make what you’re contemplating unachievable. If you have imagination, resolve, and believe in yourself, anything is possible. Write your ideas down no matter how fanciful they seem and believe in yourself.
I’m constantly thinking and writing down ideas that end up in a folder. It may be relative to what I’m writing, or it may not, but something will evolve from it. I want my voice to be heard through my stories, whether they are fictional, factional based, or real.
To have even one person read what I wrote and relate to it, and shout ‘Wow, this made me think, or go ‘’Wow, Wow, Wow, this writer is someone who knows what I’m feeling, they understand me,’’ and to know they’re not alone, that someone wore that same t-shirt, dreamt and wished like they do, thinks like they do, and who can benefit from what I write, to be inspired by something I've written. Now, that would be a BIG WOW to me.
Seb Larkin
I'm currently editing Part 2 - 'Teenage Rampage,' and would like to add, that Part 3 - 'In The Ghetto,' is also wrote and awaiting its attention.
Seb Larkin
I had read quite a number of things concerning the North of Ireland and the troubles there, that war, and always felt they lacked something. Certainly, the reality of kids and how their Innocence is torn from them by what they witnessed and experienced. Then there was the credibility of someone who could write from those experiences. The knowledged gathered of having grown up during that time known as 'The Troubles.'
Some servings were written by those who didn’t live or grow up there. Others by people who had lived there, but for less time than a butterfly exists, and passed themselves off as more knowledgeable than those who went through the longevity of the war, and they are the ones who know the truth, and usually ignored.
Therefore, I decided to tell it how it actually was albeit through fiction for now.
That begin with a journal. Reminiscences of the boy who once looked out at me from the mirror. The one with wishes and dreams that he still thought about, even as a teenager, who I sealed away, becoming estranged from him in a life redesigned towards survival rather than childish desires.
I came across that notepad again in 2010 from where I’d hidden it, unlocking the boy, the teenager, and of a time needing to be told.
The pain and truth concealed within the pages. The trauma in the words of what I had witnessed. Compelling me to write the series, and much of it on that boy, that teenager.
Some servings were written by those who didn’t live or grow up there. Others by people who had lived there, but for less time than a butterfly exists, and passed themselves off as more knowledgeable than those who went through the longevity of the war, and they are the ones who know the truth, and usually ignored.
Therefore, I decided to tell it how it actually was albeit through fiction for now.
That begin with a journal. Reminiscences of the boy who once looked out at me from the mirror. The one with wishes and dreams that he still thought about, even as a teenager, who I sealed away, becoming estranged from him in a life redesigned towards survival rather than childish desires.
I came across that notepad again in 2010 from where I’d hidden it, unlocking the boy, the teenager, and of a time needing to be told.
The pain and truth concealed within the pages. The trauma in the words of what I had witnessed. Compelling me to write the series, and much of it on that boy, that teenager.
Seb Larkin
I'm constantly writing things, from Poems to any new ideas that I wake up with.
Inspiration for me, is working those ideas into something that can be influential towards whatever I'm working on.
Perhaps creating someone new. Killing someone off, or introducing an unseen angle. One idea could mean a new story, a new book, and why I keep everything.
Inspiration for me, is working those ideas into something that can be influential towards whatever I'm working on.
Perhaps creating someone new. Killing someone off, or introducing an unseen angle. One idea could mean a new story, a new book, and why I keep everything.
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