Swati: May we have your views regarding traditional publishing and self-publishing.
My biggest challenge is keeping it all in my head while I walk so, I can quickly write it all down as soon as I get home. For some reason this seems to open up my thinking for new ideas and new directions. Whenever I get stuck or feel like my writing isn’t up to par, I go for a solitary walk in nature. Kevin: I get most of my ideas while walking. Swati: What would you say is your interesting writing quirk? You must also have the courage to continue without knowing how everything will work out. I think you must have some idea of your plot line, but you can’t let that get in the way of your character’s authentic reactions. I developed strong characters and stayed true to their motivations instead of having a strict plot outline. Kevin: I didn’t know the ending of my story when I started writing. Swati: What was one most surprising thing you learned while writing ‘Do You Realize?’ Readers want to be challenged, they want to infer things, deduce things, and experience the story the way they would real life. Through ‘telling’ the characters become puppets and the story loses the ‘real life’ illusion. They lose interest when the narrator tells the feeling or motivation of the characters. Readers want to experience the story by the actions and dialog of the characters. My instincts often were to ‘tell’ the story through narration.
Kevin: As I strove to become a writer, I quickly learned the importance of ‘showing’ the story. Swati: What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your stories/books?
If an author can also explore important themes and get the reader to do the same, then it has the chance to become a great book. Next, it should engage the reader in a way that creates a story in their mind. Kevin: I think a good story first must be readable and well edited. Swati: What do you think makes a good story? I decided to work my thinking into a novel and found I very much enjoyed the process. When I hit fifty, I went through a mid-life crisis and began writing to work through my feelings. I first tried to write a novel in my thirties but found I didn’t have enough to say. Kevin: I have loved to read since I was a child, and I believe this is a big part of becoming a writer. Swati: When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
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