{"id":1568,"date":"2011-11-15T00:20:10","date_gmt":"2011-11-14T22:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somethingwicked.co.za\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2011-11-13T20:48:39","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T18:48:39","slug":"writers-cornered-domenico-pisanti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/2011\/11\/15\/writers-cornered-domenico-pisanti\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers Cornered: Domenico Pisanti"},"content":{"rendered":"

interview by Joe Vaz
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\nFrom Issue 14 (Oct 2011)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND<\/strong><\/p>\n

Where is home? <\/em><\/strong><\/strong>
\nHome is somewhere where I can read and write.<\/p>\n

Do you write full-time?<\/em><\/strong>
\nI try to write every day. Usually in the morning I do my \u2018real\u2019 writing, and then allow my job to take me hostage, with the dream of the freedom of coming back the next morning.<\/p>\n

What inspired this story? And how did you develop the details?<\/em><\/strong>
\nStories arrive and arise from many sources. This one had an interesting metamorphosis. It started with a chance remark made by a friend of mine many years ago along the lines of, \u201cimagine two people had to meet up for dinner every few years otherwise the world will end.\u201d I mean, who wouldn\u2019t want to find out more about these two people? So I started to think about who they\u2019d be. As usual I\u2019d started out writing blind, to see where the story would take me, and somewhere along the way it occurred to me that this could be God and the Devil. And a little while later I realized they were actually on a date. A He and a She, if you will. And then I thought, what if the explanation for the universe and the way things are is if God and the Devil were once lovers? And like some of the most tumultuous and intense relationships we have all experienced, they just can\u2019t let each other go and the great split wasn\u2019t a fall from heaven, but a break up (obviously a horrible break up). Instead of Terry Pratchet\u2019s Big Bang Theory, it was the Big Split that started it all.<\/p>\n

The rest turned into history\u2026<\/p>\n

Details were not an issue for this story, as it stood out very vividly in my mind. I found the devil in the details, and that was fine too, hahaha\u2026<\/p>\n

How many drafts did this piece have? <\/em><\/strong>
\nIt went through many drafts. I\u2019d have to say maybe six or seven drafts.<\/p>\n

Do you believe in angels? <\/em><\/strong>
\nYes I do. I believe they are powerful ethereal beings that are beyond our grasp, and yet I feel they envy and don\u2019t understand us, and we\u2019re beyond their grasp.<\/p>\n

How much research was involved in the writing process?<\/em><\/strong>
\nI didn\u2019t research, as I just plumbed the depths of my own upbringing, and also borrowed from other sources I\u2019d read or heard along the way, and threw in my own theological ideas. It was fun explaining to myself why the universe ticks along the way it does.<\/p>\n

Are you working on anything right now?<\/em><\/strong>
\nI am working on a lot of things. I never seem capable of just focusing on one story at a time. But I believe that is because you\u2019re drawing magic from one story to feed off the magic of another story. It\u2019s like being head of a large family with a lot of siblings all vying for your attention. There\u2019s a lot of demand, but a lot of love in the household. Know what I mean?<\/p>\n

Where can we read more of your work?<\/em><\/strong>
\nAlways in Something Wicked<\/em>. Any other publications of the same ilk, and hopefully sooner rather than later, in the bestsellers lists.<\/p>\n

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Joe Vaz<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Joe Vaz<\/em> is the founder and editor of Something Wicked<\/em>, which occasionally affords him the honour and good fortune to hang out with really cool people.
\nIn his other life he is a film and television actor who gets small parts in big movies, most recently in Dredd 3D<\/em><\/a>, due to be released in September 2012.<\/p>\n

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interview by Joe Vaz
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Stories arrive and arise from many sources. This one had an interesting metamorphosis. It started with a chance remark made by a friend of mine many years ago along the lines of, \u201cimagine two people had to meet up for dinner every few years otherwise the world will end.\u201d I mean, who wouldn\u2019t want to find out more about these two people?<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nFrom Issue 15 (Nov 2011)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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