Feed Your Hungers, and Your Hungers Will Feed You

Listening to an anthology of Stephen King short stories THE BIZARRE OF BAD DREAMS. The thing I like best is that between the stories, he talks about their inspiration. He speaks of the stories like spoons, with the inspiration/twist being the “bowl” of the spoon, but the character’s life and world prior to that twist being the “handle”.

THAT was a little light going on. I can really see that — the care he puts into creating the life of a character before he yanks reality out from under them. Anyway, he spoke of being driven to an author event in…

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Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.

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Steven Barnes

Steven Barnes is a NY Times bestselling author, ecstatic husband and father, and holder of black belts in three martial arts. www.lifewritingpodcast.com.