I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think the only way you can become a writer is through honing your voice, creating your own voice.
I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career.
I've always been a writer. I hope to continue to write books until I can't anymore.
The fact is that at different stages of your life, and under the influence of different inspirations, you write different things. The point is not necessarily to find your voice, which grinds out the same sort of thing again and again, but to find a vehicle for people who are far more important than the author: the characters.
I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say and they tell me what they're doing. And I'm a third of the way into a novel and then I just let the characters finish it for me.
It took me six novels before I felt confident of my voice as a writer.
When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.
Humans are very complex; I definitely have a new respect for authors that are able to write books nonstop. It's an incredible talent.
Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
Every book I write, the first thing I have to do is get into the voice, and the voice varies from book to book - that's part of what's interesting to me.
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