If the characters and settings are strong enough, then I usually find the plot reveals itself, albeit through a sometimes laborious series of rewrites. To me, writing is as much about listening as it is about putting down words. I believe in the power of stories to move us, entertain us and transform us. I have lots of things I love doing – playing sports, reading, listening to music, walking, practising yoga, translating foreign languages – but for me writing is special. There are lots of foxes, rabbits and birds and sometimes you can see wild deer on the far slopes. It’s a lovely spot with hills rolling away into the distance, a badger sett down to the left and the tower of the village church just visible to the right. When the weather’s fine, I take my laptop out of the bolthole and into a nearby meadow so that I can sit and write outside. It’s situated in a quiet part of the village with nothing to hear but birdsong and the occasional snort of horses in some stables. Family and friends call it Tim’s Bolthole. You can see a bit of it in the photos over to the right of this page. My workroom is an old stone outhouse ten minutes’ walk from my home. It’s a beautiful county and I’ve lived there since 1983. More about Tim: “I live in the south-west of England in a sleepy Devon village. Tim Bowler is the author of many books for children, including River Boy, which won the Carnegie Medal in 1997.
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