Ask the Author: Terence Winstead
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Terence Winstead
"The Brazilian" is my latest book. In my travels to Latin American countries I was repeatedly mistaken for Brazilian (I'm bi-racial). I have conflicted emotions about my racial identity and place in the world, so I decided to explore the concept of lost identity in that novel. I REALLY REALLY want everyone to read it. In a way, that book took me my entire life to write. It's intensely personal.
Terence Winstead
I'm always inspired to write. I have a very vivid imagination. The challenge is in finding the proper characters to animate my ideas.
Terence Winstead
I'm developing the plot for a conventional thriller novel. It involves an iconoclastic character who is privately/publicly railing against a world he doesn't approve of. Still in the conception phase.
Terence Winstead
Put one foot in front of the other. If you write a few pages every day, in no time you'll have a book! Also, try a quick journal entry every day for a while. It's a great way to get to know yourself.
Some people are literally writing a book with their lifestyle or everyday activities, don't ignore the fact that your life, and therefore your story is unique. Tell people.....they want to know!
Some people are literally writing a book with their lifestyle or everyday activities, don't ignore the fact that your life, and therefore your story is unique. Tell people.....they want to know!
Terence Winstead
Actually, I'm a mailman by profession.......very different from a writer, at least on paper (s'cuse the pun), but walking a route every day allows me time to think through a plot or story line.
I've loved writing since I was little. That little boy inside my grown up man is still doing most of the writing, just with some grown up grammatical help! Writing is like play to me!
I've loved writing since I was little. That little boy inside my grown up man is still doing most of the writing, just with some grown up grammatical help! Writing is like play to me!
Terence Winstead
I don't generally suffer from too much writer's block. If I am stuck in a moment of mental stasis then I kick start my creative flow by conjuring up an emotion. Nothing seems to get me writing like a past feeling, remembered anew. A good conversation with someone else or even myself can spark some great page worthy ideas, too.
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