Whenever I do a book, I'm usually guided by a question or something that I'm trying to tease out.
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I love to write a book out of questions; in fact, I think it's the only way my writing can operate, if there's something I don't understand.
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.
When a book is going well, it tells you where to go.
The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. this spontaneous talking back to a book is one of the things that makes reading so valuable.
Sometimes when I find myself very irritated about a topic, I know it's my next book.
It's just a matter of writing the kind of book I enjoy reading. Something better be happening at the beginning, and then on every page after, or I get irritated.
I try to picture my books being acted out.
When I have a book I enjoy, I'm partly in the book. I'm not just observing it.
I read whatever is put in front of me. I gobble up books.