Reading and Voice
Shini writes: Is it a good idea to read your favored genre voraciously? I am concerned that would lead to either loosing your natural voice or otherwise having it butchered in favor of an amalgam of what has recently been…
Writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy
Shini writes: Is it a good idea to read your favored genre voraciously? I am concerned that would lead to either loosing your natural voice or otherwise having it butchered in favor of an amalgam of what has recently been…
I’ve written a short article in the opinion section of this month’s Game Informer magazine comparing and contrasting working in various media: novels, screenplays, graphic novels, and video games. Mainly this applies to writing for video games, but if you’re…
Major Silva asks: How many drafts do you normally go through until completion?My current editing process has evolved over more than ten years. It's a personal thing. Everyone writes differently. Everyone edits differently.Here's how it goes for me:1) After reviewing…
Jason writes: How has working on the Halo books changed your writing style? I read Signal to Noise, which struck with me as hard sci-fi while Halo is more space opera. I know that, to an extent, writing is writing--and…
R104d asks: when you write do you listen to music? or do you find it a distraction? and if you do listen, what kind is the best?Music is extremely important to my writing process in three ways.1) It’s motivation to…