While Terry now has a passion for reading and writing, he says that was not always the case. Now this is not actually as horrifying as it sounds." "I usually start the next book on the same day that I finish the last book. Writing furiously whilst working on a novel is one thing, but Terry says he can't lay still for long between novels either. I said, 'For God's sake, don't lose the piece of paper!' These days I have little cassette recorder in the vehicle." So I phoned up a friend and dictated the basic details to him. "Once, very nearly the plot of a whole novel occurred to me while I was driving. It's a journalistic thing - I can sit and work anywhere. I mean I really like writing and everywhere I go, with me, including right here in the studio I have a really really tiny little computer and a fold out keyboard and I can get on with my writing. There are now 33 books in the Discworld series, making him one of the most prolific writers in the fantasy genre.Īnd with so many books with his name on the cover, it's no surprise that Terry says writing is one of his favourite things.
Terry was working as a journalist when in 1983, the first book in his now much-loved Discworld series, The Colour of Magic, was released. Satirist and author Terry Pratchett has sold 40 million copies worldwide - not a bad effort for a writer who clearly showed early promise when he sold his first story at age 13.
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