From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the story that has driven me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I started writing stories in my spare time.
I tend to write my beginnings and endings first - as a cartoonist and storyteller, I couldn't sit down every day if I didn't know where the story was headed.
When I'm feeling frustrated with a story, I have faith that it's going to come. Also, when I first started writing, I wanted to write the stories that were not in my childhood, to represent people who hadn't historically been represented in literature.
My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself - everything else was always a displacement activity.
Most of my story ideas come from my childhood. Sometimes they hatch from stories my parents told me, sometimes they come from experiences in my own life, and sometimes they are inspired by mere moments.
I'm always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head.
Once I started writing novels, I understood how hard it was to write really good short stories.
I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.
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.