Michael Augustyn
I struggled with this for years while practicing at fiction, actually trying to find my writer's "voice." Then--of all things--I saw a commercial in which an ancient tribal group was sitting around a campfire, and the elder was telling a story, complete with inflections and gestures. I realized: I'm trying to be just like that guy. Tell the story!
As for ideas, like where to take the plot, I find that characters "come alive" on their own. Do you know that psychiatrists say that everyone in your dreams is you? Characters are like that. Don't let your beliefs or fears or anything else block the characters from expressing themselves.
As for ideas, like where to take the plot, I find that characters "come alive" on their own. Do you know that psychiatrists say that everyone in your dreams is you? Characters are like that. Don't let your beliefs or fears or anything else block the characters from expressing themselves.
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