Ask the Author: Steph Győry
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Steph Győry
17 by Bill Drummond and Life of The Mind by Hannah Arendt
Steph Győry
As yet it is unpublished, but the idea came from me breaking the social and cultural conditioning I received as a child.
Steph Győry
I have no idea. I am not a prolific author, but once something gels in my head worthy of putting on paper, I can't stop it coming out. I just have to make the time and space to catch it.
Conversely, put me in front of a writing machine when I have nothing particulr to say, and nothing comes out.
Conversely, put me in front of a writing machine when I have nothing particulr to say, and nothing comes out.
Steph Győry
I am a bashing gardener so I know the beginning and the ending of a story, but not what happens in between. I simply follow my characters through my mental landscape, chronicling where they go.
Every once in a while they get stuck because I end up at a point where what happens next isnt obvious. My brain has to spend time dreaming to work out the implications of the situation they've gotten themselves into and find a realistic way out of it that serves the over-arching plot while being true to their personalities, which develop as they move through their world having experiences.
Eventually, one day, everything comes together and that moment or discovery and/or revelation is nothing short of sheer joy; it can bring tears to your eyes and give you goosebumps.
Every once in a while they get stuck because I end up at a point where what happens next isnt obvious. My brain has to spend time dreaming to work out the implications of the situation they've gotten themselves into and find a realistic way out of it that serves the over-arching plot while being true to their personalities, which develop as they move through their world having experiences.
Eventually, one day, everything comes together and that moment or discovery and/or revelation is nothing short of sheer joy; it can bring tears to your eyes and give you goosebumps.
Steph Győry
Coz I'm not quite as mad as Philip K Dick ;) It's a reference to VALIS
Steph Győry
Synopses - kill me now.
Steph Győry
Just start writing. Care about your characters. Find a mentor.
Steph Győry
I woke up this morning. Donald Trump was still president.
Steph Győry
Just find a way to start writing, doesn't matter how obscure or how unrelated what you need to write. Put words down, you can always edit or delete later once you are on a roll.
My personal technique is to deconstruct words.
My personal technique is to deconstruct words.
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