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'Lost' makes a lot of sense to me, philosophically.

~G. Willow Wilson

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To me, writing an ongoing series feels like driving a freight train downhill. All you can do is steer and pray.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Downhill Driving Feels Freight Like Me Ongoing Pray Series Steer Train Writing You

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The more you put out there, the more you have to resolve. 'Air' is the most literary comic I've written so far, and that poses problems.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Air Comic Far Literary More Most Out Poses Problems Put Resolve Written You

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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Better Brilliant Burst Caffeine Calls Creative Days Description Friends Fueled Hours Idealism Know Lack Lot Muse Nothing Some Straight Them Then Where Whom Work Write Writer You

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My synesthesia is mostly gone - it was a much bigger factor when I was a kid. But having no depth perception is a bonus when you're trying to lay out flat images and describe them to an artist - flat is all I see.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Artist Bigger Bonus Depth Describe Factor Flat Gone Having Images Kid Lay Mostly Much Out Perception See Them Trying You I See

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'Air' is very placeless - it's set in many different countries, and much of the story is about going places rather than being places. 'Air' is about travelers, and I'm a chronic traveler.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: About Air Being Chronic Countries Different Different Countries Going Many Much Places Rather Set Story Than Traveler Travelers Very

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It took me a long time to square with the fact that none of my experiences are typical - I'm not a typical American, but I'm also not a typical Muslim.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Also American Experiences Fact Long Long Time Me Muslim None Square Time Took Typical

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The script for what would eventually become my first graphic novel, 'Cairo,' sort of came to me in kind of a bolt of lightning within 24 hours of having moved to that city. Just a jumble of characters and narratives and interesting things that I was seeing and experiencing for the first time.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Become Bolt Came Characters City Eventually Experiencing First First Time Graphic Having Hours Interesting Interesting Things Just Kind Lightning Me Moved Narratives Novel Script Seeing Sort Things Time Within Would 24 Hours

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In prose, you have a lot more room for digression, for very meaty kinds of dialogues. In graphic novels, you're writing haiku-length dialogue. Your job is to be efficient, to get out of the way of the art.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Art Dialogue Efficient Get Graphic Graphic Novels Job Kinds Lot More Novels Out Prose Room Very Way Writing You Your

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I don't want to compare myself to somebody like Fitzgerald or Hemingway, but I feel like, for some writers, going to a certain city, a certain place, is what kickstarts your imaginative process.

~G. Willow Wilson

Topics: Certain City Compare Feel Fitzgerald Going Hemingway Imaginative Like Myself Place Process Some Somebody Want Writers Your I Feel I Feel Like

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: August 31st, 1982

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