In 'About Writing' you will find some answers to questions on the writing process.
- Do you use outlines ?
- Do you tend to write the book in chapter sequence, or jump around a bit?
- How long have you how the Riftwar Cycle will end?
- When and how did you get into fantasy?
- Do you continue to collaberate with others, or is everything created by you alone these days?
- How much input did Janny Wurts have in sculpting the every day life of the Tsurani?
- How did the general storyline and character developments come about in the Empire Trilogy?
- Can the books be longer?
- Why do errors creep in when as you say you have 4 editors?
- Do you do much editing of your own work or do you create the magic in one go?
- Did you hate writing about any of your characters?
- Did you personally have any problems with characters you have terminated over the years?
- Do you get a thrill from making a reader feel what you wanted them to?
- At some times during the day I find I can't write, any idea why?
- Whats your take on Writers Block?
- Do you have a system when you get down to writing?
- Did you jump right in on Magician? Or was it a compilation of stories you built over time?
- Do you plan to focus more on the main characters in the final books or have them interact with more you create?
- Is it difficult to decide what background information is shown to the readers?
- What inspires the philosophy that is contained within all of the books that you've written?
- Copyright or Copy Wrong
- What inspires the philosophy that is contained within all of the books that you've written?
- A Theory on Writers as Characters
- What was it like writing One To Go for Thieves' World
- Do you write a flowchart for the book your writing?
- How did you find the time to write Magician?
- Would you write a screenplay if asked?
- How do you go about fabricating a story?
- There's also the old truism that films generally run to a page a minute?
- I bet you could write an impressive movie script
- Do you have a set price to write a screenplay?
- Have you been approached on doing a screenplay for magician?
- Why did "insert character name" die?
- Did you plan for the Riftwar to morph into as many books as it has?
- As the end approaches, how you feel about the task of ending the entire Riftwar Cycle?
- Are the characters someone you want to be? Or are they simply just characters?
- Why did Arutha die in such a lame way?
- What working titles existed, but were dropped?
- Would you change any of the book titles if you could?
- Did Rivendell in Lord Of The Rings inspire you to make a great Elven Haven like Elvandar?
- Do you know the overall plan of what you want to write in the day?
- How much do you write a day ?
- Do you ever miss writing about characters that have moved out of the story either through death or just the story line?
- Have you had this whole arc in place since the time you wrote Magician or has it eveolved as you wrote the other books?
- Spelling and Typos
- Which character did you feel the closest too while writing, and which are you most proud off?
- You mention that the darkwind sweeps across Krondor, did Arutha, Martin and Lyam also feel it.
- Please write more about the Empire and Kelewan i like the complexity and intrigue
- Why did Catherine marry Borric, when she really loved Guy?
- I have a background story, map, places. Am I on the right track?
- More on the art of writing
- How much work you do at the beginning of a series, and how much happens during the process?
- Do you prefer writing long or short stories ?
- Who would win a fight between 'A' and 'B' ?
- Did you have the whole history of Midkemia worked out years before the books?
- I have this idea for a book.
- Fan Fiction , fanfic or even fan fic
- Do you suffer from sub-consciously drawing on past reading experiences?
- How to be a Writer?
- The question of Off camera things?
- How does joint writing work?
- Where did you come up with all this info on medevil warfare ?
- How did you and Janny Wurts work together on the Empire Trilogy?
- What exactly does "Uncorrected Proof" mean?
- What's your favorite characters that you have created?
- I noticed most chapters start somwthing like 'XXX shouted' or similar, any special reason why
- How did you originally develop the world of Midkemia and Empire of the Tsurani?
- Are the books characters to a certain extent based upon real life people ?
- Why did you decide to go with dragons instead of some other creature like Demons or maybe Chamura when creating the Dragon Lords?
- Why did you choose The Kingdom of Isles instead of Kesh?
- Do you consider the reader when writing your plots ?
- Did you have a rough history of the Riftwars and Midkemia when you started writing ?
- Why didn't we see Character 'X' in book 'Y'
- When I sit down to write I totally lose the story
- I want to be a writer, but how ?
- Is there a Jakob Boehme connection?
- Why was Arutha Jamison's generation skipped in the storyline?
- Do you have any Tips for an aspiring writer
- Did you have any publishers reject Magician when you first tried to sell it ?
- After the success of Magician were you pressured to write a second book as good or better?
- Will there be any more revised books?
- How did R.E.F. and Janny Wurts work together to write the Kelewan series?
- How much time do you spend writing each day?
- What changes have been made to book titles?
- How much background was written for Midkemia , before the books?
- Is there a basic Plan to the Midkemian books?
- What advice would you give to someone writing their first novel?
- What continents in our world resemble places in yours?
- What is your favorite part of the novels to write?
- On writing #1
- On writing #2 - How much can I expect to earn?
- Do/did you use any formula for the names you use in your books?
- How did you write in Collaboration with Janny Wurts?
- What do you feel when you kill off characters?
- Do you have a character that you enjoy writing about more than the others?
- Where did the name Tsurani come from ?
- Did you know the entire Riftwar Saga when you started to write the Magician?
- Do you find it hard to remember locations, and charaters names?
- How do you arrive at book titles and have any had alternatives?
- Do you have any say as to whether or not the chapters are named?
- How do you go about writing a book
- What's your take on that idea that a writer can only write about what they have experienced.
- What is an Advance Reader Copy (ARC)? A copy the publisher send to critics?
- Did you have a day job when you started to write?
- I hear Magician was typed on a real 'Typwriter', what happened to them.
- Have you ever been tempted to cameo yourself or someone you know in any of your books?
- How and what to expect.. REF on Writing
- REF on Books
- Why is it Honoured and not Honored in the books
- Why does the description of some characters sound like others
- Why is a word or a phrase sometimes italisized
- Why the character list at the front of Shadow of a Dark Queen
- Do you try and keep continuity
- Why are you so optimistic about your characters, no one in Magician seemed to be 'bad'
- What themes does Magician have
- Why does Ray kill off characters
- Evil Characters
- Are the books characters to a certain extent based upon real life people ?
- Where do place and character names come from ?
- Writers Secrets 104
- What is Raymond E Feist's writing style
