I try to outline. I'm a lazy outliner. I will put the points down of each chapter or series of chapters, but it always changes. For me it's a place of evolution. I don't really know who the characters are. I don't really know what the story is. I outline and that really just gets me moving. It's like I'm drawing up fake maps, but they turn out to be correct.
Steve ToltzOnce a year I try writing a poem, usually because I've read some poetry that amazed me and I want to do that.
Steve ToltzI am influenced by books which dont have their eye on the endgame, but which try to be entertaining on each and every page.
Steve ToltzI actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do and actually failed.
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