Scott Kershaw, author of 'The Game' - Debut writer discusses his journey to being published, writing anywhere, and how agents help
Writer's Routine
Dan Simpson
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🗓️ 19 May 2022
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Scott Kershaw has had an interesting route to being published. Leaving school with few qualifications, he signed up as a mature student in college. Whilst there, his work was spotted by the Head of Writing at Hull University, and despite having no A Levels or even filling in a UCAS application, he was offered a place and graduated with a First Class Degree in Creative Writing.
It's all led to his debut, 'The Game'. It follows five strangers from across the globe who receive a warning that their most loved person is in danger, and the only way to save them is to play... the game.
We discuss how he worked on the idea with his agent, also how he's managed to write in between renovating a house, and how music changes his writing mood.
PLUS, you can hear the first full chapter of 'The Game' audiobook at the end of the show.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, welcome along to a brand new writers routine. |
| 0:11.5 | This week we're chatting to Scott Kirschel. |
| 0:14.0 | His debut is a breakneck high concept thriller. |
| 0:17.5 | It's called The Game. |
| 0:19.0 | We talk about how he's managed to write in between |
| 0:21.4 | renovating a house, proving that you can write anywhere, really. Also, how much music changes his |
| 0:28.0 | mood when it works, what he listens to. Also, you can hear how after getting an agent, he |
| 0:34.9 | worked with them to figure out what might just get published. |
| 0:38.3 | I was just really looking in the sense that they were just very down to earth and spoke literally like this, like we're talking now. |
| 0:45.3 | Just spoke about it and just said, this is what I think could work, this is what I'd like to write. |
| 0:50.3 | And yeah, like I said, just based on, on from page one I wrote that in |
| 0:55.3 | maybe two weeks |
| 0:56.8 | just absolutely |
| 0:58.1 | smashed it out sent it in not really |
| 1:01.2 | thinking much of it by this point after |
| 1:04.0 | quite a few disappointments |
| 1:06.0 | and yeah they just replied like yeah let's do it |
| 1:08.2 | there is more on the way with Scott Kirschore |
| 1:10.2 | in this week's writer's routine. |
| 1:17.7 | Yes, welcome to the show. |
| 1:20.1 | My name's Dan Simpson. |
| 1:21.3 | Thank you for following, downloading, listening to us. |
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