• Question: I love to write stories and read books do you like any of these things or do they just bore you to tears?

    Asked by dior101 to Christine, Edd, Jess, Nicolas, Zara on 13 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Christine Switzer

      Christine Switzer answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I love to read and write stories! I don’t get to do enough of this now. Most of my reading time is spent with scientific articles, but when I get the chance, I like to read adventure stories. Some of the best scientists I know also have a creative outlet. I know musicians, writers, actors and dancers whose day jobs are in the sciences.

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      Edward Codling answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I agree with Christine here. Scientists have to be very creative as we are trying to find out new things or new ways of solving problems. Most of the work I do means I have to think up new ideas – you need plenty of imagination and creativity to do this.

      I really enjoy reading and always have a book on my bedside table that I am currently reading. I like reading adventure stories and stories about other worlds and places – fantasy and sci-fi stories. In fact in our house we have thousands of books (and not much space!). I used to like wriitng stories but I don’t have much time to do that now – although I enjoy making up stories for my son!

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      Zara Gladman answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I haven’t written a story in a long time but I do like to write funny poems sometimes. At the start of the year, me and my friends had a Burns Supper, which is a traditional dinner in Scotland where we eat haggis, potatoes and turnip and read out poetry by the famous poet, Robert Burns. We also read out our own poetry, so I wrote a ‘Toast to the Laddies’, which made fun of my male friends 😆 it was a good laugh!

      I also like to read, although most of the reading I do is at work and about crayfish stuff! I’m going on holiday in July for a week so I’m hoping to lie on the beach with a good novel then.

    • Photo: Jessica Chu

      Jessica Chu answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      I love making up my own stories when I was younger!
      I like thinking up a scene and describing what the characters are like etc! I used to try write short adventure or murder mysteries stories stories!! Like Christine, I do find that I have less time to read books that I want let alone think of ideas to write a story!

      I think it’s great that you are writing stories because I am guessing you have to be quite organised and good at forward planning your ideas as well as being so creative 🙂

    • Photo: Nicolas Biber

      Nicolas Biber answered on 13 Jun 2011:

      That’s amazing dior, keep it up! I love reading too, at the moment I read ‘the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ by Douglas Adams … crying laughing every time. I liked writing stories, and I never get around to it anymore, which is really sad. I draw comics when I have a little time on my hands though.

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