Matt Whelan
I take inspiration from everywhere. It can be a conversation I have overheard, a random character name which drops into my head from nowhere, a variation on something I have seen which has stuck with me. Anywhere.
Readers want authenticity, so take things from your own personal experience and write about them. Twist them around, stretch them, shake them up and exaggerate but make sure the core is something honest, from within.
Readers want authenticity, so take things from your own personal experience and write about them. Twist them around, stretch them, shake them up and exaggerate but make sure the core is something honest, from within.
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