Ask the Author: Tony Spencer
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Tony Spencer
I normally have several stories on the go at once. If the story flows I will finish it, if it doesn't I will tinker with unfinished stories, some of which are never going anywhere. I find the change as good as a rest and odter solutions I couldn't see before start to present themselves.
Tony Spencer
Feedback. Writers and storytellers don't necessary need applause (although it is lovely to get it), but we do need feedback whether it be positive or not, even the negatives makes us stronger, better writers.
Tony Spencer
Read as much as you can. I don't think you can write until you have read widely. Then just write for yourself not an audience and let your voice come through.
Tony Spencer
I have just finished putting together a collection of 50 odd stories ranging from flash through shorts to novellas and currently out with Beta readers. I have a novel "Life Less Lived" in draft form which I will edit as soon as the "Fifty Odd Shades of Monochrome" is published.
Tony Spencer
I get characters from sitting observing people, couples, families, imagining how they met and what their relationships are. I tend to get plots and solutions of actions from working quietly alone in the garden, free of all other distractions.
Tony Spencer
My book "Jake and Gill" (Amazon B00VOUCIP0) came to me through the similar-sounding nursery rhyme, so came up with a couple of characters, already previously hurt, climbing a hill together and wondered if and how they would fall.
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