Sometimes I do feel like I write the same story again and again. And for me, I am always looking for a place with a kind of redemption.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My stories seem to always in some way explore mistakes and misapprehensions and the possibility of redemption - though that redemption doesn't always occur in expected ways.
I'm finding, as I get older, that I'm not much of a believer in redemption. I mean, I believe in redemption in real life - redemption does happen, and it's cool when it does - but I find myself getting leery of my desire for it in stories (especially my own).
I started out writing stories because that's all I wanted to read, but now I don't know if I'll ever write one again.
I like that it's challenging - that when I'm writing, I feel as if I'm pouring everything I have into the story until there's nothing left and I have to begin thinking about a new world and set of circumstances to research and explore.
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom.
I don't know if I had ever found my place in the world until I fully committed to being a writer.
I store away my experiences and don't feel really happy until I've found a way to write about them.
Every story I do is about people. It's my survival instinct - one person, one story.
Life is full of constant ups and downs, and all I ask for is redemption in the end.
I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look around, you can see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story.