The Words and Workings of Wolf: An Explaination of my Writing
Since so many people are curious where the origins of my writing lie I suppose I could give you a few justifications as to why my writing is at once bleak and whimsical. My writing rarely comes across as such, but much of my inspirations lie within the work of T.S Eliot who I view as one of the greatest poets to have captured human nature on the page. I also have been inspired by Poe for my darker work that seems to have no true shining ray of hope, and for my ramblings that are borderline to madness. The final inspiration within my poety is Carol, mostly Through the Looking Glass. As for the novel I am working on I draw on a number of accomplished writers such as Stephen King, Scott R. Bakker, and Stevn Erikson. Oh, and of course J.R.R Tolkien.
Now, I have always been an outsider, and from a very young age have had a flair to create complex senarios which often have one creative and unexpected twist or more. Growing up I never had many friends, mainly because I lived in the country for the first five years of my life, so I had to always entertain myself, this really helped my imagination and creativity to grow unchecked. If it was for being bullied from the ages of 9 to 14 I most likely would have never written anything, or, I would be a much more optimistic writer. As it stands this was not the case. Being bullied, and driven to a point of suicidal behaviour made me see the bitterness of what humanity actually can be, and is. Strangely enough while this had a darker impact on my writing it also influenced me to always, or try to, write in undercurrents of hope within my work. Aside from the various books I have read and continue to read the last thing which influenced my writing is the outlook on life I have developed in recent years, which is: Life is meant to be lived and those who judge you are nothing more than spectators in an often madhouse for the sane.
