Billy Sharpe
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Michelle Moran:
I like to travel. Well, probably I travel too much. Anyway, while traveling talking to strangers stimulates me. What else can I do to enhance stories from traveling? Cordially, Billy Sharpe
Michelle Moran
Hi Billy,
If you mean the stories strangers tell you, those are gems I just file away. I don't actually base any characters on people I've met. Of course, in order to be a writer you have to understand people and what motivates/drives them. Talking with others helps to do that. So when I hear other peoples' stories, I think about them in terms of generalizations. What do they say about people in general.... Humankind's greed, potential for change, kindness, etc.
If you mean the stories strangers tell you, those are gems I just file away. I don't actually base any characters on people I've met. Of course, in order to be a writer you have to understand people and what motivates/drives them. Talking with others helps to do that. So when I hear other peoples' stories, I think about them in terms of generalizations. What do they say about people in general.... Humankind's greed, potential for change, kindness, etc.
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