Walter Jon Williams's Profile
Brief about Walter Jon Williams: By info that we know Walter Jon Williams was born at 1953-10-15. And also Walter Jon Williams is American Writer.
Some Walter Jon Williams's quotes. Goto "Walter Jon Williams's quotation" section for more.Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
Tags: History, Poetry, ScienceI can't speak for the other authors, but what I hoped to achieve was to illuminate certain corners of the Lucas universe that hadn't yet been explored.
Tags: Achieve, Speak, UniverseI found college useful for a lot of other reasons. It exposed me to a great many influences I wouldn't otherwise have encountered, and gave me a lot of time with some very intelligent people whose thoughts are still with me.
Tags: Great, Thoughts, TimeI've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again.
Tags: Mind, Moving, WorkIt's hard to generalize, because they're all different. When I started, I decided to take as much advantage as I could of the freedom offered by the SF field.
Tags: Freedom, Hard, StartedSome of my ideas were shot down by Lucasfilm because they stepped on territory that has been reserved for the movies. I didn't have a problem with that.
Tags: Ideas, Movies, ProblemThe Internet offers an interesting combination of advertising and community by participating in the community you can become an advertisement for yourself.
Tags: Become, Community, YourselfI'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings.
Tags: Afraid, Human, RealNow I have to motivate myself much more than I had previously.
Tags: MotivateBeing a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
Tags: Choice, Compulsion, WriterIt's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.
Tags: Job, Tell, ToughThat's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
Tags: Good, Someone, WhyWorking within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part.
Tags: Within, Working, WritingAn SF author who reads only SF will have little new to contribute, but someone with a broader experience will bring more to the table.
Tags: Bring, Experience, SomeoneEverything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.
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