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Spencer Johnson

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Born

in Juneau Ak, The United States

Genre

Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Influences

George R.R. Martin, Tolkien

Member Since

September 2014

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Spencer Johnson Usualy, I don't do anything about it. If I run into a problem, I just leave off writing until it resolves itself. A day, two days or a week with it si…moreUsualy, I don't do anything about it. If I run into a problem, I just leave off writing until it resolves itself. A day, two days or a week with it simmering on the back of the stove and it will have worked itself out and usually an idea for another couple chapters besides.(less)

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What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Spencer Johnson The best thing about being a writer? For me, it is that total immersion in another world. While I am writing, nothing else exists. I see every scene t…moreThe best thing about being a writer? For me, it is that total immersion in another world. While I am writing, nothing else exists. I see every scene that I describe, eavesdrop on every conversation unless I am the one speaking. I am the flie on the wall, watching my villain with a disgusted curl to my lips. When battles errupt around my heroes, I am fighting at their sides. When I write of a character's death, there are tears in my eyes. I am not ashamed to admit the fact. There is a certain sadness that comes from crafting a person from an idea, giving them life and getting to know them before mercilessly killing them. It is within my power to save them, rewrite a couple paragraphs, cull a chapter or two, change their destiny. To do so would only doom another to a similar fate.

If I don't like how something has turned out, I can simply re-emagine it. I enjoy slipping into the shoes of my characters, seeing the work from their eyes. When I finish a book, I look back and remember the story with as much, if not more clarity than the last couple years of my life. Writing is a means of expressing myself that I find difficult through any other medium. More than that, it is an escape to an island of solitude where nothing is impossible.(less)

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Spencer Johnson’s books

Average rating: 4.13 · 175 ratings · 16 reviews · 3 distinct works

	A Land Torn (Chronicles of Den'dra, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Land on Fire (Chronicles of Den'dra, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fate's Web: Prequel to Child of Time liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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To write or not to write.

To write or not to write. That is the question that many people think is too difficult a question to ask when it comes to being an author.

I was recently asked if I would speak to a class of high schoolers about what is involved in writing a book. My first knee jerk reaction was to ponder the ridiculous notion of me speaking in front of actual people. I mean, actual living breathing people with opi