Kim ten Tusscher
‘What inspires you?’ I think it’s the question I’ve been asked the most. I understand why. All these ideas for stories have to come from something, so people want to know where from. Especially when you write about skin changers, magic and non-existing worlds.
But the more I write, the more I’m unable to answer that question. For Hydrhaga I can tell you exactly where it came from, even when you ask about some specific chapters. For the Lilith-trilogy it becomes a little harder. And if you ask me the same question about Hunter, I can’t really tell you. So I answer: ‘From everything around me, really.’
But don’t you need inspiration to write? Without inspiration, some people don’t even open their notebook or laptop.
No, I don’t need it to be able to write. I just sit down, put my fingers on the keyboard and start doing it. Even if I don’t have a clue about what I’m going to write. I need inspiration to start a story, not to continue it. Because once I’ve started I have to obey the rules of my world. Once I created the characters, I can’t control their behaviour. I only have to think about what would logically happen in the story to bring it to the end I have in mind and let the characters react the way they are. The more I write about the same world, the less inspiration I need.
So a better question to ask this writer would be: ‘What was the reason to write this story?’ My answer will be much more interesting.
But the more I write, the more I’m unable to answer that question. For Hydrhaga I can tell you exactly where it came from, even when you ask about some specific chapters. For the Lilith-trilogy it becomes a little harder. And if you ask me the same question about Hunter, I can’t really tell you. So I answer: ‘From everything around me, really.’
But don’t you need inspiration to write? Without inspiration, some people don’t even open their notebook or laptop.
No, I don’t need it to be able to write. I just sit down, put my fingers on the keyboard and start doing it. Even if I don’t have a clue about what I’m going to write. I need inspiration to start a story, not to continue it. Because once I’ve started I have to obey the rules of my world. Once I created the characters, I can’t control their behaviour. I only have to think about what would logically happen in the story to bring it to the end I have in mind and let the characters react the way they are. The more I write about the same world, the less inspiration I need.
So a better question to ask this writer would be: ‘What was the reason to write this story?’ My answer will be much more interesting.
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