CARL SCHARWATH
1.
So you thought
you would be a writer:
I first started to write
three years ago. After an evening run, crossing a dark street a car came out of
the blackness and almost hit me. Feeling an out of body experience I thought
this would be a great short story and wrote
a type of poem-short story that was published in The Birmingham Arts
Journal. The next three years I was able to write over 55 poems, and 44 were
published in various worldwide journals. I am most proud that my first book “Journey
To Become Forgotten” was selected to be published by
Kindofahurricanepress. My current focus
and concentration has been on writing short stories. Seven short stories were
completed with five publishing credits
already awarded.
2.
A zealous fan,
one thing to encourage them to be a writer:
Write from your heart, not
from your head and let writing be your meditative and soul cleansing
creativity.
3.
What Books are
you working on:
Currently, I have two
Dystopian short stories to complete, will write my first play and work with my
daughter and grandson on writing a children's book. My grandson will be the
character in the book, so even if it were not to be published this would be a
wonderful gift to share with him.
4.
Creativity,
where does it come from:
As a competitive runner
most of my ideas are born from my long runs. I zone out the actual activity of
running and my thoughts run wild with ideas for poems, short stories and plays.
Unfortunately by the time
I get home, sometimes I forget that poetry line. Perhaps I need to run with a
voice recorder? A pen and paper might just draw attention-smile.
5.
How much time
do you devote to writing:
This is an area that needs
personal improvement. Currently with a full-time job, running three days a
week, cross-training the other two and spending time with my grand-son I have
only averaged one hour per week. Since I keep a running log, this would be a
great place to incorporate the time spent writing. My future goal of 5 hours per week devoted to pure
writing will be accomplished going forward.
6.
Do you Ever
study writing?:
My study would consist of
reading. I love to read and spend at least one hour per night enjoying books. I
believe reading helps you to write. Since I will be working on my first play, I
have been devouring short plays to help me understand the process and layout of
a play.
I love spending time in
local thrift stores for books and found
a classic, “ Simon & Shuster Handbook for
Writers” to help me with sentence structure and grammar. I am happy to say
ultimately that I am a self-taught writer.
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