Ask the Author: Aleena Stark
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Aleena Stark
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Aleena Stark
I find inspiration in the strangest places. I turned the TV on one day and during the four second delay it took for the picture to click on I listened to the audio of one man instructing the other.
"That's it," he said. "You've got the rhythm down. Just keep going up and down. Just like that. I know it hurts."
The other man grunted.
My jaw dropped, and a huge smile spread across my lips. When the picture clicked on, I realized it was a survivalist instructing how to start a fire using two sticks.
But for a few seconds it could have been anything. In my perverted mind it was salacious and brilliant.
I wrote out the scene from the perspective of a woman walking up and overhearing the conversation. Ten hours later I finally got back to watching TV.
"That's it," he said. "You've got the rhythm down. Just keep going up and down. Just like that. I know it hurts."
The other man grunted.
My jaw dropped, and a huge smile spread across my lips. When the picture clicked on, I realized it was a survivalist instructing how to start a fire using two sticks.
But for a few seconds it could have been anything. In my perverted mind it was salacious and brilliant.
I wrote out the scene from the perspective of a woman walking up and overhearing the conversation. Ten hours later I finally got back to watching TV.
Aleena Stark
Close your eyes, take a deep breath, open your laptop, and type. Just type, don't worry about grammar, your story, or character development. Write out what is going on in your head at that time, and don't stop until you tell your story. I know many future writers who don't start because they've defeated themselves before they've written a paragraph.
Write what's in your heart, get it all out, and put it in other people's hands. Writing is like running, the only way to get good at it is to do it.
Write what's in your heart, get it all out, and put it in other people's hands. Writing is like running, the only way to get good at it is to do it.
Aleena Stark
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Aleena Stark
I am a very emotional writer. I love the idea I can reach across the world and connect with someone, make them feel how my characters feel, love or hate them. I like the fact that books break barriers. Writing is such a healthy habit. Admit it, writing a few paragraphs explaining how someone can plunge to an untimely death and shatter on a rocky crag below can be therapeutic!
Aleena Stark
I paint, I administer to my cat, I go for a run, and by run I mean a slow jog many would not consider much faster than a brisk walk, but hey it's the best I can do. I read, and read, and read. I get lost in someone else's story and it triggers something inside me. Many times I imagine how I would tell the story they've written, what would I change, how would I end it.
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