Hello, folks. It's been a long time since the last time I ask question at the community section. So today I have a list of interesting questions that will make you remember and share with us the most inspirational people of your "writer storyline".
So...
WHO is your favorite writer?
WHO made you enjoy reading?
WHO have been helping you the most with your writing?
WHO is the most inspiring person for your stories?
WHO was the first person who read something you've wrote?
WHO enjoys reading your stories the most?
WHO taught you how to read?
WHO was the first person who heard some of your stories?
WHO is the writer you wish to reach some day?
Favourite writer changes as you get older. I read just about everything.
James Michener was a favourite growing up but now it reads so dated.
Bill Bryson is a great story teller but again it feels like time has moved on.
Just read Soul Catchers by Michael White and it is so beautifully written.
Mary Stewart's Merlin Trilogy made a deep impact as it to is so beautifully crafted.
Raymond Feist/Jenny Wurts Empire Fantasy Trilogy again an underrated writing master class.
I do not like Vampire stories but I read The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova and again the story telling skill and word-craft just blew me away.
So I look for books with a bit more than just a great story.
But if all it has to offer is a great story I will take that anytime.
I like Sci-Fi books and all the great authors Silverberg/Wolfe/Adams etc
I have to say it was my Mom who gave me my love of reading/learning.
A Niece read my first story. I sent to her when she was working in Australia.
My ambition is to write on the same level as all the authors I admire mixed with the marketing skills of Dan Brown and the merchandising contracts of J.K. Rowling;D~
I readily admit the one person who I really love reading is Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series. Shortly followed by JK Rowling and Elizabeth Chadwick. I did read some James Herriot novels which I had got as a present from my dad many years ago and I still have them Yes I know a complete mix. Dad always encouraged me to read as a youngster and I would occasionally read one of the books he had. As to who I will like to write like any and all of the above and H E Bates the author behind The darling Buds of May.
Hi T.O.
When I was a kid mt favourite book was The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. I loved the idea of talking animals and animals doing human-things like driving. It was that and the Beatrix Potter collection (I still have my entire set from when I was a child - was given to me as a 'new born' present).
There were of course other books that I used to read as a child The Twits, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I think my love of reading probably came from my Grandma, she always had a book or two next to her while she sat in a chair and as I spent a lot of time at my grandma's I had my own set of books.
I think the person who has helped me most with my writing is my wife, she'll read the things I have written and give me honest feedback.
I take most of my inspiration from the things around me. I work in a Museum and often I take inspiration from the objects - not necessarily directly in all cases. People are great, when describing a character, or thinking about how different people speak.
Going back years, my older brother would be the first person to have read any of my short stories or ideas for a story.
It was probably a combination of parents, grandparents and my first teacher, Mrs Kemp who taught me how to read.