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Christian Butler

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in Gilmer/Dallas, TX, The United States

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Contemporary, Science Fiction, Gay and Lesbian

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Carl Sagan, Michael Crichton, George R. R. Martin, Chris Crutcher

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Collaborative storyteller, story artist, and newcomer novelist of fiction. Native of Northeast Texas, former freelance illustrator and musician, and lover of all things fiction of all media.

Follow the link in bio to check out a free preview of the first 2 chapters for my debut novel, Days of Class: an Apple Books exclusive.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Christian Butler Personally, tackling any creative block has always indicated some degree of my not really knowing or having in mind a coherent idea of what it is I’m …morePersonally, tackling any creative block has always indicated some degree of my not really knowing or having in mind a coherent idea of what it is I’m trying to do or to best go about the doing of said thing. Meaning, if I’m trying to tell some story and come across difficulty in that process, whether the actual writing of it, or in characterizing it to others or even just for myself, developing the concept of it and making determinations for what it should do and where it should go: in essence, it seems always to boil down to simply not yet knowing what that story is.

So the “solution”—which will essentially be unique to whatever project or story it is we’re creating—is to basically do more work in figuring out that story.

If you can nail that down, at least for me and my experience of it, then there won’t really be any other obstacles of that variety to stop from doing the work, leaving to just sit down and get busy.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Christian Butler Well, every medium has its own distinct characteristics, meaning whatever those elements, there are things they can do very well and other things mayb…moreWell, every medium has its own distinct characteristics, meaning whatever those elements, there are things they can do very well and other things maybe not-so-well or at least, not so easily as we might experience working in other media.

When it comes to writing and working within the boundaries of that specific medium, there aren’t really much in the way of any limits as to what it is you can do in telling your story. The world can be as massive or extensive in scope as you want or can manage. The story can cover as large a time-period as is conceivable or conversely, play with the notion and experience of time in ways other media simply cannot achieve with anywhere near the same degree of flexibility and freedom.

The story-world afforded us by the written word is, in this sense, near-limitless. Though technically it is necessary to acknowledge that in choosing this medium, that isn’t necessarily technically true—

The limit of the text-only story-world is our use of language and the words, themselves. Especially regarding the raw number of words necessary in telling whatever story it is you wish to tell in whatever desired scope and complexity.

The **potential** is limitless, but the raw materials in making manifest that potential does actually have physical form and shape—they are our words, our language, and our understanding and use of that language.

Getting a grasp on that, allows more for the effective use of that potential.(less)

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Thanks for coming and welcome!

So this is really my first really-having-done-anything post on this site, though this account, it’s been active for like 4 years (just never really got into using it…)

That said, this is all on occasion of something most special, so hopefully, that will be something changing and evolving progressively over time, especially in the year to follow:

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The Sum of All Fears (Jack Ryan, #6)

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