Kram Scavok
Kram Scavok is a pseudonym for the author. The author was born in the USA and has lived in several cities across the US including the East Coast, Midwest, Mountain States, and West Coast. Interested in animals from an early age, he studied biological sciences as an undergraduate, earned a master’s degree in physiology, then went on to receive a degree in veterinary medicine and became a practicing veterinarian. On the way to becoming a veterinarian, the author held a variety of jobs including: work on a dairy farm, a cattle ranch, an animal shelter, as a short order cook and service in the hospital corps of the US Army. Reading favorites include Science Fiction and Fantasy, Action/Adventure, Mysteries and, of course, Harry Potter.
What is the greatest joy of writing for you?
The story coming together as I write is a joy for me. I have an outline of how the story should go, but the details fill in as the story progresses. I am sometimes surprised by the turn of events or what the characters say, but going back and reading a section after I have it down and smoothed out is a pleasure for me.
What is your writing process?
Usually some idea occurs to me - a "What if?" - and I get a sense of a beginning and an end. Then I sit down to fill in the middle in outline form. The story sort of builds itself but I always sit down with a direction in mind and I don't sit down unless I have at least some idea of where I want the story to go. I try to have the whole story outlined before I start filling it in. I have learned that a more detailed outline will help me in that I have fewer rewrites but I still do lots of rewriting. I often get part way through a story and find that the story has taken a turn and isn't leading where I need it to go. At that point, I either let the story change or rewrite so that I am back on my original track. I have a very hard time sitting down for more than an hour or two - I have to get up and do something - so I write in spurts. Often my spurt is just rereading what I wrote the day before and rewriting it - usually just smoothing it out. By the time I get to the end of my story, I usually have reviewed it enough that it makes sense and just needs editing, not rewriting.
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