I like the eclipses, the synaptic jumps of short stories. The reader has to participate very actively in the experience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I just wrapped 'Eclipse' yesterday and the last scene we shot is probably my favorite thus far. I finally got to tell my story, in a very gentle yet elaborate way.
I like the stories with the historical themes.
I love intricate plotting and exciting twists, but I realize more that people enjoy a good story in a simple, focused way.
I have always loved story - I escaped within it as a child, I read every day, I love figuring out the complex layers of an author's work.
You can read and read, but nothing eclipses experience.
When I was a kid, the book that I liked the most was 'Aesop's Fables.' There was a version of it that my father read stories to us kids out of. I liked the idea of the short story format.
I've always loved short stories. Even before I was a writer, I was reading short stories - there were certain writers where I just felt like they could do in a short story what so many writers needed a whole novel to do, and that was really inspiring to me.
Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer, nor do I tend to gravitate to them as a reader.
I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.
I read a lot of thrillers because they're easy reading and I'm not a great flier. They take my head out of it. I like the fast pace and that you can't put them down.