I've evolved in my writing to tell a more emotional story - my publisher, Random House, has urged that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Whenever I write, I try and approach my stories from some kind of universal theme or idea or emotion.
As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.
When I do my best work, the stories tend to be pretty emotionally-charged.
I'm writing about emotions.
When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know?
I'm not someone who is driven by big external stories. I like big emotional stories.
Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the emotional life of the character.
I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.
I tend to write it and then let go emotionally.