To succeed in the literary field is not so simple. This requires talent and perseverance. Olga Slavnikova fully possesses the necessary abilities.
Starting conditions
Observing people have long noticed that the Urals have a fertile climate for creativity. Musicians, artists and writers are born here regardless of the current political situation. Olga Aleksandrovna Slavnikova was born on October 23, 1957 in a family of Soviet engineers. Parents lived in Sverdlovsk. A child from young nails grew up in a favorable environment. The girl was accustomed to systematic work and accuracy. Olga learned to read and count early. There were a lot of books in the house, and she read everything.
At school, Slavnikova studied well. Actively participated in public life and amateur art. She gave preference to her favorite subjects in mathematics and physics. At city and regional olympiads in mathematics she won prizes. At the same time she visited the section of lovers of Russian literature. When it came time to choose a specialty for the rest of her life, Olga decided to enter the journalism department of the local state university. The house openly did not approve of the daughter’s choice.
Trail to the profession
The biography of the writer develops under the influence of various circumstances. Olga Slavnikova received a journalistic education and came to work in the editorial office of the famous Ural magazine. As an editor, she had to read the manuscripts that the authors brought and sent by mail. The work is very tiring and even harmful. Then the appropriate works were edited and prepared for publication on the pages of the magazine. A bad example is contagious, and after a while she herself tried to write short stories and short stories.
Slavnikova's works periodically appeared on the pages of her native journal and in collective collections of young writers. The first story, entitled "Freshman", the shop floor comrades took a long time and refused to publish. In the meantime, irreversible changes have occurred in the country. Soviet power was replaced by democracy and the market. Olga decided to postpone writing and engage in book trade. Business, as they say, did not go. And in the mid-90s, she again sat down at the computer keyboard.
