The Art of Narrative
Rik Thompson is a literary storyteller dedicated to crafting immersive fiction that resonates with the human spirit. His work blends meticulous narrative structure with evocative prose, inviting readers into worlds where every detail serves a purpose. Through his lens, he explores the complexities of the human condition, offering a unique perspective on the art of the written word.
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There will be something you will need when you get out of here
Will it come from within?
Will it be on the surface filled with greed?
Will you slowly sink down and fall into a rut?
Will you fight your way to the top?
It will all be up to you
After the gate bangs shut
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This book chronicles my travels on the road hitch-hiking. At the time, I did not have a home, and the only way for me to survive was to hit the road. The time period of my travels was in the sixties, and the seventies when the road was much different then it is today.
After the Gate Bangs Shut was published in 2000. At that time, I was misled by the self-publisher, and hoodwinked out of ten thousand dollars. They promised a lot, but delivered on nothing! This book is being reproduced, and will be re-released shortly. All my other works can be found at:
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Writer
I always wondered for years and years what it took to be a writer. Could you learn it in school, through a course? Was writing a philosophy, or just a contributing factor, or variable to the art? Is writing an art? Is it a talent? Are people born with it? Are there people that are Savants in it, like in music? Do people become good and famous writers from their experiences in life? Does age play a factor? And if that is the case, how old must one be to become a great writer? What in the heck defines a great writer?
I believe it is all these things. In a way it is like cooking a great soup, or casserole, as you gather all the ingredients, after carefully assimilating them in your mind to create something that no one has ever created before.
Life experience I believe is the most powered force that drives a person into writing; it was in my case. . .
In my mind, this was the greatest drama of all time, and I got a great tutorial on how to write drama.
iNSPIRATION
REVIEWS
Chip Miller
What was it about?
A co-worker asked me what this book was about. At the time, I was about 150 pages into the book...I looked at her and was stunned to realize that I could not describe this book with only one summary. This book is about a lot of things and depending on what you take from it, may find more stories within than I did. What a great deal! Normally, I would have had to buy 3 or 4 books to get the content I did out of this one.
Randy Wilson
A Childhood Lost
After just a few pages you begin to feel for Jackie Brooks. He is a boy trying desperately to grow into a man, but with bad decisions and lack of guidance he lives a life many of us have or would have fallen into. You find yourself wanting to reach out to Jackie in the same way others have done in our lives. You will see yourself thru Jackie's eyes, some of us were just lucky. Some of us were not so lucky. All of us have experienced the UNFAIRNESS of the world around us. Jackie brings this world and its tribulations home to our very souls.
"ladyjazz51"
Freedom
June 8, 2000
This is the story of the coming of age of Jackie Brooks. All Jackie wants at age fourteen is to leave his unhappy home where his father is a drunk and his mother is bedridden. One day he tells his classmate of his plans to leave and is offered the opportunity to score enough money to leave home--by breaking into a local gas station and breaking into the safe there after hours.