Ask the Author: Angie Titus
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Angie Titus
Making up stories. I love making up stories. In my head, on paper, for me, to share, it doesn't matter. It's the stories, and the characters, that I love.
Angie Titus
I've always found this question kind of problematic because, really, how can a person know who or what has influenced them in so many subtle and varied ways? You could have read a story in 4th grade that you have no recollection of, but it got inside your brain and changed the way you think about things and about the way you write.
But this question is about the influences you're aware of, the ones you see in your writing, the ones you recognize and smile because of. I can answer that, I think.
As far as I'm aware, my biggest writing influence was David Eddings. He really started me thinking about the way characters interact with each other. About friendships. About family. About how someone can be in a very serious situation but still have a sense of humour about it and about life. I'm all about character interaction and how people act together when no one else is watching them. One on one scenes are my specialty, and I like to think that I'm quite good at them. I don't think my creativity would have gone in that direction if I wouldn't have picked up The Belgarion just at that time in my life when I was starting to create.
But this question is about the influences you're aware of, the ones you see in your writing, the ones you recognize and smile because of. I can answer that, I think.
As far as I'm aware, my biggest writing influence was David Eddings. He really started me thinking about the way characters interact with each other. About friendships. About family. About how someone can be in a very serious situation but still have a sense of humour about it and about life. I'm all about character interaction and how people act together when no one else is watching them. One on one scenes are my specialty, and I like to think that I'm quite good at them. I don't think my creativity would have gone in that direction if I wouldn't have picked up The Belgarion just at that time in my life when I was starting to create.
Angie Titus
Write. And write. And then write some more. Don't worry about how it sounds or what it looks like or try to get it to come out in a wonderfully polished draft. Get the words out. Describe your cat. Write a letter to an imaginary friend (or a real friend). Write that fan fiction fixit story that is bugging the crap out of you. Write. Write. Write. If you want to share stories, write them. If you want private stories just for yourself, write those, too. The more you write, the easier it will be. The more you will see how words go together and hear in your mind what they are supposed to sound like. Write for you. Write things you'd like to read. Remember that first drafts are often terrible, but, if you decide you want to do something with them, they can always be fixed. Write fearlessly. Just write.
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