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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.

Alan Dean Foster

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The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
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Conglomerate Diversity Feel International Made Multimedia Overwhelming Triumph
Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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Carefully Danger Real Some Structure Thought Well
Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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Allow Always Time Travel Want World Write
I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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Basketball Divide Hobby Least Once Play Traditional Year
I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Become Character Deep Hope Personality Round
All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer.
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All Explorer Traveler Want
The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Assumption Dead Full Live People Universe
In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Insanity Lay
There’s certainly more new SF available than when I started writing.
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Available Certainly More New Start Write
Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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Being Explorer Grow Traveler Want Writer
We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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Around Arrangement Atom Drift Enjoy Nothing Particle Unfile
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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All Depend Fantasy Nature None Research Story
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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All Difficult Get Inside Mind Terrorist
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Better Chaos Freedom Just Light
Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Badly Change Economic Give Technology
Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap.
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Bit Crap Day Every Keep Little Look Result Write
The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
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Been Diet Discover Fury Gain Hit Month Pound Six Storm Women
We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Check Game Paricular Poepilar Spevies Video
Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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Four Get Important More Page Perfect Spend Week
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Already Know Hard Me New Read Rewrite Something
I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Classical Enjoy heavy Listen Metal
I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Challenge Much Myself Often Possible Try
I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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Ful Long Since Time Write
The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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Avoid Find Think Way Write Writer
That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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Available Bad Future Historian Hoof Matte More
It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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Certain Kife Reward Sacrifice Sterility
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Decade Last Went Worldcon Year

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