I've talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence - the feeling that you're waiting to become a real person - is quite an interesting thing. You're seeing all of your friends doing amazing things and you're just there, in a void, feeling a bit stupid. I wouldn't be able to say what I'd have been like without it, but maybe I'd be incredibly high-powered and successful. It also forced me to spend most of my time in my imagination.
I think there's over-telling sometimes, in fiction. For instance, I'm a big fan of horror movies, but I could always lose the last third of them. The… - Evie Wyld
I think there's over-telling sometimes, in fiction. For instance, I'm a big fan of horror movies, but I could always lose the last third of them. The…
- Evie Wyld
I'd love to write full time. But it's not something that is due to me because I'm a writer. Times are very hard for doing the thing you love, but the… - Evie Wyld
I'd love to write full time. But it's not something that is due to me because I'm a writer. Times are very hard for doing the thing you love, but the…
As long as the reader is enjoying a story and the writing, it doesn't concern me if people don't understand why it's running backward or if it's runn… - Evie Wyld
As long as the reader is enjoying a story and the writing, it doesn't concern me if people don't understand why it's running backward or if it's runn…
I've talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence - the feeling that you're waiting to become a real person -… - Evie Wyld
I've talked to a few writers who have had childhood illnesses. The sense of convalescence - the feeling that you're waiting to become a real person -…
Part of the problem of being a feminist is that you feel you have to be actively doing things to relieve women’s plight. Actually, feminism is just … - Evie Wyld
Part of the problem of being a feminist is that you feel you have to be actively doing things to relieve women’s plight. Actually, feminism is just …
And I do pay a lot of attention to how things feel underneath my feet. It's a way of transporting yourself somewhere that you're trying to write abou… - Evie Wyld
And I do pay a lot of attention to how things feel underneath my feet. It's a way of transporting yourself somewhere that you're trying to write abou…
I love putting two things next to each other that don't necessarily belong, because then there's sort of a third atmosphere, a third space that is cr… - Evie Wyld
I love putting two things next to each other that don't necessarily belong, because then there's sort of a third atmosphere, a third space that is cr…
But I think writing should be a bit of a struggle. We're not writing things that are going to change the world in big ways. We're writing things that… - Evie Wyld
But I think writing should be a bit of a struggle. We're not writing things that are going to change the world in big ways. We're writing things that…
It's an easier task to imagine someone's interior world when you feel quite distanced from them. In the same way that I find writing about Australia … - Evie Wyld
It's an easier task to imagine someone's interior world when you feel quite distanced from them. In the same way that I find writing about Australia …
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