Ask the Author with Jules Hoepting
TT: How long have you been writing? What interested you about it?
JH: I have been writing as long as I can remember! I love creating stories, fabricating worlds, and culturing characters. I adore word play and trying to find a metaphor for everything.
TT: What inspired you to write this piece(s)?
JH: What inspired "4 a.m." was simple: I was thinking about how strange the world seems during that time of the day. People are typically up really late or awake really early at that time. There's a certain kind of stillness embedded into that hour. You can drive down normally busy streets and have them all to yourself. The rest of the poem is just wandering thoughts.
TT: Is this similar or different to other things you’ve written? How so?
JH: "4 a.m." is similar to my other works in that it's laced with metaphors and word play. A lot of the thoughts expressed are ideas I've had over the years: the idea of not being able to trust your vision as truth, the idea that the only real meaning of life is the one you assign yourself, etc.
TT: Who is your favorite author or writer? What do you like about their work?
JH: I am a huge fan of Taylor Swift's lyrics. I find it mind-boggling the amount of stories, metaphors and rhymes she can pack into a tightly-structured song.
TT: How long have you been writing? What interested you about it?
JH: I have been writing as long as I can remember! I love creating stories, fabricating worlds, and culturing characters. I adore word play and trying to find a metaphor for everything.
TT: What inspired you to write this piece(s)?
JH: What inspired "4 a.m." was simple: I was thinking about how strange the world seems during that time of the day. People are typically up really late or awake really early at that time. There's a certain kind of stillness embedded into that hour. You can drive down normally busy streets and have them all to yourself. The rest of the poem is just wandering thoughts.
TT: Is this similar or different to other things you’ve written? How so?
JH: "4 a.m." is similar to my other works in that it's laced with metaphors and word play. A lot of the thoughts expressed are ideas I've had over the years: the idea of not being able to trust your vision as truth, the idea that the only real meaning of life is the one you assign yourself, etc.
TT: Who is your favorite author or writer? What do you like about their work?
JH: I am a huge fan of Taylor Swift's lyrics. I find it mind-boggling the amount of stories, metaphors and rhymes she can pack into a tightly-structured song.