VP Profile #21: Christian Walter

Today we hear from the second German writer at VP XIII, Christian Walter.

Tamago: How long have you wanted to be a writer?

Christian: That depends. Do you mean the concept, the idea of being a writer or the cold, reality of it? Regarding the former, for a long time, though I don't know how far back it extends. I remember writing a story in 5th grade I then had to read to my classmates. For some reason the other kids came up to me afterwards and congratulated me on a story well done. One even drew a picture. But wanting to be a real writer is a fairly recent development. Maybe ten years ago. I say recent in regard to that number because there were pretty big spaces between the first real attempts.

Tamago: Which genre do you most enjoy working in? Why?

Christian: I cannot really answer that question. When I came to VP I was thinking about S&SF. Strangely I have written a few horror pieces since, though that is by far the genre I read the least of. I think, I see myself in service of the story and don't want to be constrained by genre. Those question most come into play when I consciously want to challenge myself: Have I tried this before? What are the rules? How can I make it work, things like that. There is still much left to experiment with and I'm not sure if I will settle on anything in the long run.

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