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Episode 2 – Writing Tips and a Ghastly Secret
Christopher shares how he got started in writing novels, and his three sources of writing inspiration. Mike talks about his love-hate relationship with his two dogs. And we talk about a ghastly secret that Christopher has largely kept hidden from his teachers since 1986. All this and more on this week's episode of Creativecast!
SHOW NOTES:
Yes, here are Mike Kim's dogs:
In this episode of Creativecast, we climb inside Christopher's head, thanks to this three-part question form Marie:
1. When did you first realize that you wanted to be a writer and why?
2. Do you still write with the same reason(s) or goal(s) in mind? Or do you find that your reason(s) or goal(s) for writing, have changed over the years as you go on to write different stories?
3. Does your inspiration for writing and music come solely through prayer or devotions with God, or just through the ordinary everyday things that seem to stand out a bit to a person?
Yes, Christopher only read ______ books during his school years.
If you've enjoyed any of Christopher's books, please help thank the people that inspired him. Tweet a thank you to Jordan Sandquist [Tweet him!].
And go read The Song of Albion Trilogy for yourself, and thank Stephen Lawhead for inspiring Christopher!
TWEETABLE: If our art is not grounded in the human experience, it cannot inform the human condition. [Tweet this!]
Christopher's three sources of writing creativity:
1.) Divine - God-originated gifts
2.) Imagination - The innate empowerment of our God-designed imaginative self, based on our experiences and dreams.
3.) Natural - The day-to-day happenings of life, specialized by your own interests or pursuits.
The Sky Riders came to Christopher while driving (divine), and then looking out airplane windows (imagination), and then the character conflicts form years of counseling (natural).
TWEETABLE: Good stories are divine inspiration, fleshed out by imagination, and informed by real life. [Tweet this!]
TWEETABLE: Stories have power to influence life. [Tweet this!]
Good ideas are like butterflies: they may land, but they soon take off again. Write them down!
—Brian Luke Seaward, Managing Stress
TWEETABLE: Writing a novel is like playing chess with yourself for five months. [Tweet this!]
Q: As a creative, what's a specific project where you saw (or are seeing) the divine, your imagination, and the natural inform your art?
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By Christopher HopperChristopher shares how he got started in writing novels, and his three sources of writing inspiration. Mike talks about his love-hate relationship with his two dogs. And we talk about a ghastly secret that Christopher has largely kept hidden from his teachers since 1986. All this and more on this week's episode of Creativecast!
SHOW NOTES:
Yes, here are Mike Kim's dogs:
In this episode of Creativecast, we climb inside Christopher's head, thanks to this three-part question form Marie:
1. When did you first realize that you wanted to be a writer and why?
2. Do you still write with the same reason(s) or goal(s) in mind? Or do you find that your reason(s) or goal(s) for writing, have changed over the years as you go on to write different stories?
3. Does your inspiration for writing and music come solely through prayer or devotions with God, or just through the ordinary everyday things that seem to stand out a bit to a person?
Yes, Christopher only read ______ books during his school years.
If you've enjoyed any of Christopher's books, please help thank the people that inspired him. Tweet a thank you to Jordan Sandquist [Tweet him!].
And go read The Song of Albion Trilogy for yourself, and thank Stephen Lawhead for inspiring Christopher!
TWEETABLE: If our art is not grounded in the human experience, it cannot inform the human condition. [Tweet this!]
Christopher's three sources of writing creativity:
1.) Divine - God-originated gifts
2.) Imagination - The innate empowerment of our God-designed imaginative self, based on our experiences and dreams.
3.) Natural - The day-to-day happenings of life, specialized by your own interests or pursuits.
The Sky Riders came to Christopher while driving (divine), and then looking out airplane windows (imagination), and then the character conflicts form years of counseling (natural).
TWEETABLE: Good stories are divine inspiration, fleshed out by imagination, and informed by real life. [Tweet this!]
TWEETABLE: Stories have power to influence life. [Tweet this!]
Good ideas are like butterflies: they may land, but they soon take off again. Write them down!
—Brian Luke Seaward, Managing Stress
TWEETABLE: Writing a novel is like playing chess with yourself for five months. [Tweet this!]
Q: As a creative, what's a specific project where you saw (or are seeing) the divine, your imagination, and the natural inform your art?