Phrase by 'Margaret Mahy'
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There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and 'live' with the characters.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorLife , Me , Time , Space
It can certainly happen that characters in more sophisticated stories can 'take over' as they develop and change the author's original ideas. Well, it certainly happens to me at times.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorIdeas , More , Me , Change
My theory is that I decided to be a writer when I was about seven, but of course it is not as simple as that. Like most writers, I had to work at other things to earn a living and wrote mainly in the evenings, often very late at night, for many years.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorWork , Simple , Night , Late
I had to wait for a long time before I could support myself with writing. However, being a writer is what I have most wanted to be, from the time I was a child.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorMyself , Time , Long , Support
Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorMe , Writing , Reading , Be Different
When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then written and corrected and improved them so that they can be shared.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorIdeas , You , Work , Reading
When you are writing, of course, you have to do all that writing and correcting for yourself. When I was a librarian it was expected that I would know about a wide range of books.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorYou , Yourself , Know , Writing
I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorWork , Good , Character , Style
At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's mind, with one book reinforcing another. Some books form relationships. Other books stand in opposition. No two writers or readers have the same pattern of interaction.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorTime , Book , Think , Mind
At this stage I am not involved with young adults as closely as many other writers. My children are grown up and my grandchildren are still quite young.
Author: Margaret Mahy - New Zealander AuthorChildren , I Am , Stage , Young
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