Ask the Author: Scott Andrews
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Scott Andrews
I thought I had farted but quickly realised my mistake. I had actually shit.
Scott Andrews
The Mountain Shadow has been staring at me angrily for too long.
Scott Andrews
There are so many to choose from. I would probably go with how I am able to attach sixteen clothes pegs to my face without feeling a thing. Granted it would not be a particularly interesting book, but it would make for an amazing cover.
Scott Andrews
That completely depends on your taste. Despite the fact that my fiction tends to lean towards the absurd both my novels are extremely different. Existence Is Futile is at heart a Gogolian story about love, faith and human nature. Mourning Morning is a tougher, more surreal, Pratchettesque read, about the function of time and the nature of reality.
Scott Andrews
It usually strikes as a single idea that nags and cajoles me and whispers sweet nothings into my ear until I cannot think of anything other than how to dispose of the idea that haunts my dreams and my every waking moment. Then it is a form of cleansing, not dissimilar to colonic irrigation as a hell of a lot of shit has to be washed away before I can start feeling good about myself.
Scott Andrews
I am currently writing a short story about a newlywed and flatulence. It is not autobiographical.
Scott Andrews
To be a writer you have to write. That's what defines you. Write. Every single fucking day.
Scott Andrews
The fact that it offers a magnificent excuse when you stop listening to something somebody is saying. The phrase "you just gave me a great idea" is a fantastic way to parachute out of the most tedious of conversations.
Scott Andrews
There is definitely no requirement to be serious, mainly because when I try to look serious I look as if I am suffering from trapped wind.
There is only one quote that I have ever felt compelled to write down:
"No one gets remembered for the things they didn't do"
- Frank Turner
There is only one quote that I have ever felt compelled to write down:
"No one gets remembered for the things they didn't do"
- Frank Turner
Scott Andrews
By refusing to acknowledge its existence. I don't believe there is such a thing as writer's block. It isn't something I have ever personally experienced and I hope I never will.
I regularly go through inactive periods when I am not able to write. However it is never due to an absence of ideas, but rather an absence of motivation and desire.
I regularly go through inactive periods when I am not able to write. However it is never due to an absence of ideas, but rather an absence of motivation and desire.
Scott Andrews
No. The process always remains the same, BUT the environment can halt or destabilise the process.
Writing for me is a form of exorcism. My obsessive compulsive nature has a mind of its own. It almost always begins with an idea which I can't let go of. It bounces around the dark recesses of my mind like a pinball gathering momentum and energy. Eventually it can become to much, the pressure builds to such an extent that it can become disruptive to my mind. Writing for me is a form of mental diarrhea. Unfortunately sometimes circumstances can dictate that someone knocks on the bathroom door before you are finished. If that happens the chances are that the project will wilt and die. One unpublished novel, one unpublished short story collection, two unfinished novels and one unfinished short story are all testament to that.
Just over half a year ago I moved to Holland. I have more free time than ever, a better standard of life, and I write less than I ever have. Worst of all, I cannot explain why.
Writing for me is a form of exorcism. My obsessive compulsive nature has a mind of its own. It almost always begins with an idea which I can't let go of. It bounces around the dark recesses of my mind like a pinball gathering momentum and energy. Eventually it can become to much, the pressure builds to such an extent that it can become disruptive to my mind. Writing for me is a form of mental diarrhea. Unfortunately sometimes circumstances can dictate that someone knocks on the bathroom door before you are finished. If that happens the chances are that the project will wilt and die. One unpublished novel, one unpublished short story collection, two unfinished novels and one unfinished short story are all testament to that.
Just over half a year ago I moved to Holland. I have more free time than ever, a better standard of life, and I write less than I ever have. Worst of all, I cannot explain why.
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