Interview with:Nick Spence [nickfromupnorth]
WRITING
 | What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote? Books. Slowly, wanted to be self-sufficient and work for myself, an editor. |
| What is your favorite genre? Can you provide a link to a site where we can read some of your work or learn something about it? Features on creative designers, artists, illustrators etc, mainly for magazines but some archived on computerarts.co.uk |
| What is your creative process like? What happens before sitting down to write? Just sit and think, get a line or two and go from there. Not difficult. |
| What type of reading inspires you to write? I try not to read to much that would ever influence what I write. |
| What do you think are the basic ingredients of a story? Plot, characters and a reason to drive those characters. |
| What voice do you find most to your liking: first person or third person? First. |
| What well known writers do you admire most? John Banville, Philip Larkin. |
| What is required for a character to be believable? How do you create yours? A good voice, avoid cliche. |
| Are you equally good at telling stories orally? Yes, I would hope so. |
| Deep down inside, who do you write for? Myself with the hope that others will want to see and read it. |
| Is writing a form of personal therapy? Are internal conflicts a creative force? I think so, although two times of writing - work and more personal. Works is not therapy. |
| Does reader feed-back help you? No real experience. |
| Do you participate in competitions? Have you received any awards? No, not so far. |
| Do you share rough drafts of your writings with someone whose opinion you trust? No yet. |
| Do you believe you have already found "your voice" or is that something one is always searching for? Still searching, we all are. |
| What discipline do you impose on yourself regarding schedules, goals, etc.? Not enough but try and clear my mind and think! |
| What do you surround yourself with in your work area in order to help your concentrate? No. |
| Do you write on a computer? Do you print frequently? Do you correct on paper? What is your process? Dictate into an app and sit at a computer, no printing. |
| What sites do you frequent on-line to share experiences or information? None at the moment due to work commitments. Do read screenplays etc online. |
| What has been your experience with publishers? None. |
| What are you working on now? A love story - the world's longest suicide note. |
| What do you recommend I do with all those things I wrote years ago but have never been able to bring myself to show anyone? I have nothing from years ago. |
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