Ask the Author: Davide Mana
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Davide Mana
You get to put ideas into other people minds.
Also, you are creating something that did not exist before.
And you're helping people have a good time, forget their problems for a while, or maybe you show them a way to tackle those problems.
It's sitting alone in a dark room, making up imaginary people and inventing stories, and influencing people's lives with those inventions.
Also, you are creating something that did not exist before.
And you're helping people have a good time, forget their problems for a while, or maybe you show them a way to tackle those problems.
It's sitting alone in a dark room, making up imaginary people and inventing stories, and influencing people's lives with those inventions.
Davide Mana
I write about it.
I keep going on the same page - I just change font or color, and I start writing about not being able to write, about being stuck.
It usually passes in a few minutes.
Also, I jump from one project to another - when I'm stuck on story A, I can get to work on story B.
I keep going on the same page - I just change font or color, and I start writing about not being able to write, about being stuck.
It usually passes in a few minutes.
Also, I jump from one project to another - when I'm stuck on story A, I can get to work on story B.
Davide Mana
I normally envision what I am about to write as a scene from a movie running in my head. Then I put on the page what I saw in my mind-movie.
Listening to music and practicing some meditation helps getting the words in motion.
But playing solitaire works, to.
Listening to music and practicing some meditation helps getting the words in motion.
But playing solitaire works, to.
Davide Mana
Read a lot, both genre fiction and mainstream, both new and classics, both fiction and non-fiction. Be curious, and don't be afraid of weird ideas.
Davide Mana
As usual, I'm working on a number of projects.
A historical fantasy book (hopefully, the first in a series).
Two adventure thriller novellas (part of the same series).
A few short stories.
I'm keeping busy.
A historical fantasy book (hopefully, the first in a series).
Two adventure thriller novellas (part of the same series).
A few short stories.
I'm keeping busy.
Davide Mana
The idea for the book I'm currently writing (tentatively called "A Desperate Fortune") came to me during a bout of insomnia - I was awake through a thunderstorm, and I started thinking about the clouds chasing each other through the sky as the wind howled and thunder cracked... I suddenly felt like writing a story about pirates riding through storms and all that.
By next morning, I was outlining the first chapters.
By next morning, I was outlining the first chapters.
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