Ask the Author: Toby R. Beeny
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Toby R. Beeny
Currently I am writing a short novelette called "The Doomer." I am also in the process of editing and releasing The Bjornlinga Saga in serial form.
Toby R. Beeny
This has never been a problem for me. Quite the opposite. I have far more ideas and stories in me than I will ever have time to manifest into the world. But inspiration comes from everywhere: from my dreams, from stories, from video games, from conversations, from history... Everything is a story. Everything is part of the tapestry of The Dreaming. The myths are already there, have always been there. I merely show them to others.
Toby R. Beeny
Step 1: Read. A lot. I mean alot. And read all sorts of literature to start. Read medieval works, Shakespeare, the Bible, modern works. Read every piece of literature that everyone else tells you is amazing. It doesn't matter if you like it. Some of it you will hate. You want to get good language in your brain.
Step 2: Write. A lot. It doesn't matter what . Write in a journal. Write short stories, long stories, snippets of dialogue. Weird little things that you don't know what to do with. Don't worry about it being something publishable at first. Just write your heart out. This is practice. You will develop your voice.
If you do these two things, eventually you will feel in your heart what you want to say. Write this. This is your work.
Step 2: Write. A lot. It doesn't matter what . Write in a journal. Write short stories, long stories, snippets of dialogue. Weird little things that you don't know what to do with. Don't worry about it being something publishable at first. Just write your heart out. This is practice. You will develop your voice.
If you do these two things, eventually you will feel in your heart what you want to say. Write this. This is your work.
Toby R. Beeny
The child's shoes sat next to the edge of the pond. I never heard the scream.
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