I think the best fiction is a form of psychological suspense, even though I don't really write in that idiom.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most fiction comes from your experience.
I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.
There's always a bit of fiction in everything that I write.
Fiction is the best way I know how to think something through.
I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture.
Fiction allows you to embody certain ideas and give them an emotional reality. The characters allow you to get close viscerally to an idea.
Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.
The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This is true in real life.
I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens versus what should happen.
One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.