The one good thing is that I get a lot more good scripts coming through my letterbox. 'Vera Drake' raised my profile in one way, and then 'Harry Potter' in another.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not yet fortunate enough to take only the scripts that capture my fancy, but each one has to be a new experience, to put me in a light that audiences haven't necessarily seen me before.
I like my characters to be ones I think about long after I've finished reading the script.
Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.
I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.
We writers of series fiction tend to idealize ourselves in our characters, giving them attributes we wish we possessed and ever more interesting lives.
'Harry Potter' changed my life in more ways than one, and it helped me get through my mother's death.
I was up for 'Harry Potter' way, way back. But I don't quite fit the bill, I think.
I have spent many, many hours reading J.K. Rowling's work. I am a known 'Harry Potter' fan.
Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!
I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because Rowling is such a lousy writer.
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