Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog
When I started writing I was too young to think of what I was doing and have moments of reflection on crafting a novel.
My Dad received “Astounding Stories” and I wasn’t allowed to read the magazines but they did have astounding covers; I dreamed about them. Based on those covers, I created stories in my mind, then put them down on paper with a pencil in my little hands so that I could re-read and never forget them.
I didn’t think in those days about plot and action, character development, building my voice, what themes and belief systems I had to, or wanted to cover. The place and the setting came from those cover pictures, and I wasn’t concerned with temporal or structural issues.
Later on, I stopped when I started my studies in Physics at the University. Between that and playing quarterback for the team of Palermo, my…
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