I think when you first start out, you're writing books that are about your immediate place.
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After a while, if you're a writer, you want to start appearing in the bookstores of the place you're living in.
It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.
The beginning of a book is always the hardest part for me. I'm a Chapter 3 kind of writer, which means I naturally start at Chapter 3.
Most of my work has no conventional narrative, so it's not essential to have a beginning and an end - your attention can flow in and out of the experience rather than having a set entry point.
With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.
Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.
The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.
While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.
I start each book when it's ready and never before.
I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where I'll end up, but I have no idea what will happen along the way.