Ask the Author: Reed Tucker
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Reed Tucker
You get to work on something that's your own idea, that means something to you.
It's also rewarding to piece the puzzle together and to figure out how to tell a particular story.
It's also rewarding to piece the puzzle together and to figure out how to tell a particular story.
Reed Tucker
Consider writing something with a known or built-in audience. It's much easier to promote something to people when you know who they are.
Reed Tucker
It's not very interesting advice, but just keep writing. I often find that just putting words down on a page, even if they're not perfect, will create a basic skeleton that you can revisit and polish later. Often, when I return to what I wrote previously, I find it wasn't as bad as it seemed and the way to fix it is immediately clear.
Reed Tucker
I went to UNC and I previously wrote a book about the Duke-UNC rivalry, so rivalries are kind of top of mind. I like them because they have the most crucial aspect of storytelling baked right in: conflict.
I've always liked superheroes and especially superhero movies. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I was aware of the DC/Marvel divide. I can remember arguments on the playground about whether Superman could beat up Thor, which company's characters were cooler, etc. The idea for Slugfest really crystalized a couple years ago when Warner Bros. threatened to release Batman v Superman on the same day as Marvel's Captain America: Civil War. The stand-off created a huge firestorm among the fans online, which suggested there was still some heat left in the DC/Marvel rivalry.
I've always liked superheroes and especially superhero movies. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I was aware of the DC/Marvel divide. I can remember arguments on the playground about whether Superman could beat up Thor, which company's characters were cooler, etc. The idea for Slugfest really crystalized a couple years ago when Warner Bros. threatened to release Batman v Superman on the same day as Marvel's Captain America: Civil War. The stand-off created a huge firestorm among the fans online, which suggested there was still some heat left in the DC/Marvel rivalry.
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