Hi, Chuck! I've wanted to get close to speaking to you for so long. My name's Akira. You've been a pretty big inspiration to myself and my writing for a long while. I'm a young adult and I'm working on a dystopian novel. I notice in your books your characters are amazingly raw. It seems like all of their being is just spread out on the table. What makes your characters remarkable is that they put out what everyday people keep to themselves. Speak the weird thoughts that people think daily but wouldn't tell a soul. Do things everyone wants to do but wouldn't dare to. I feel like you're like them in a sense. your writings are provocative, putting all the cards blatantly on the table and writing things other authors would be uneasy to publish. That essence that's in your characters and your style is a big push for me. I'm truly thankful that I discovered you. But let's cut to the chase - Some questions, if you will. Do you have to think about what you are writing and write draft on draft, or do you let your fingers and pen flow and let your mind do as it wishes with the story? Do you dream some characters? And when you're writing their story, do they stick around in your head and guide you along their thoughts and history like they have a mind of their own? And finally, is there any out-of-norm advice you have for someone as young as I trying to get the thoughts of my novel onto paper and make it real?
Thank you for taking the time to read this. I'm so happy for this AMA!
Some extra little tidbits I want to add:
I'm planning on being Daisy St. Patience/Bubba Joan/Shannon McFarland for Hallowe'en. Soon to work on my jawless facial prosthetic.
I also visited a memorial garden today with open buildings of memorial walls. I couldn't help but think of Tender Branson on a ladder stealing flowers.
http://i.imgur.com/6BA4oIx.jpg
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Hi, Chuck! I've wanted to get close to speaking to you for so long. My name's Akira. You've been a pretty big inspiration to myself and my writing for a long while. I'm a young adult and I'm working on a dystopian novel. I notice in your books your characters are amazingly raw. It seems like all of their being is just spread out on the table. What makes your characters remarkable is that they put out what everyday people keep to themselves. Speak the weird thoughts that people think daily but wouldn't tell a soul. Do things everyone wants to do but wouldn't dare to. I feel like you're like them in a sense. your writings are provocative, putting all the cards blatantly on the table and writing things other authors would be uneasy to publish. That essence that's in your characters and your style is a big push for me. I'm truly thankful that I discovered you. But let's cut to the chase - Some questions, if you will. Do you have to think about what you are writing and write draft on draft, or do you let your fingers and pen flow and let your mind do as it wishes with the story? Do you dream some characters? And when you're writing their story, do they stick around in your head and guide you along their thoughts and history like they have a mind of their own? And finally, is there any out-of-norm advice you have for someone as young as I trying to get the thoughts of my novel onto paper and make it real? Thank you for taking the time to read this. I'm so happy for this AMA! Some extra little tidbits I want to add: I'm planning on being Daisy St. Patience/Bubba Joan/Shannon McFarland for Hallowe'en. Soon to work on my jawless facial prosthetic. I also visited a memorial garden today with open buildings of memorial walls. I couldn't help but think of Tender Branson on a ladder stealing flowers. http://i.imgur.com/6BA4oIx.jpg
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