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I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.

I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.

I'm hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life.

And it's interesting, but I'm always interested in the story behind the story.

I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.

I'm interested in telling the character's story, not my beliefs, political or otherwise.

For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.

Anything you want to know, you ask the characters.