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 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…
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 -…
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…
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'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…
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…
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 …
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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