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Torion Oey

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Torion Oey holds a B.A. in Creative Writing and Psychology and an M.S. in Psychology. He dedicates his free time toward writing, and has participated in every National Novel Writing Month since 2014. Stories he has written range from romance and fantasy to thriller and mystery. Torion also writes short stories, some of which have been featured in Galaxy's Edge Magazine, Expanded Field Journal, and 365tomorrows. ...more

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Torion Oey I don't push it. If I'm blanking, I just stop. In cases where I absolutely must write something or if I have the drive but no inspiration, I may tempo…moreI don't push it. If I'm blanking, I just stop. In cases where I absolutely must write something or if I have the drive but no inspiration, I may temporarily employ a cliche since they're easy to use. If the cliche is absolutely sickening then it may act as a catalyst for inspiration to emerge, since working with garbage is more motivating than working with nothing. In less time-pressing instances I sometimes pick up something else to read.(less)
Torion Oey For Loco Motive, what first inspired me was Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight". I admired his use of dialogue to drive a story as well as admired…moreFor Loco Motive, what first inspired me was Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight". I admired his use of dialogue to drive a story as well as admired how the story was constrained to a single room. In this regard I viewed my story as more of an exercise than a story. I was also inspired by the 1945 film adaptation of Agatha Christie's "And Then There Were None" as well as the 1957 film "12 Angry Men". Ironically, Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" and its various film adaptations were absent from my mind while writing my story since I hadn't read nor seen any of them. The idea for a train setting was gotten from the video game "Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door".(less)
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Storytelling with Dreams

The use of dreams in stories has long intrigued me. On one hand, dreams offer insight into a character’s history or thoughts and emotions (typically their desires or fears). On the other hand, dreams inherently lack stakes. Stories can counter this shortcoming by demonstrating real consequences derived from a dream, even if indirect. I’d like to consider some of these stories and determine whether

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