I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm writing about emotions.
I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.
Writing is a solitary profession; you are really alone when you write. Then the emotions become well shaped and distinct. But their transition into words must be done deliberately and with rigid artistry.
I write emotional music.
Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing.
As much as writing is an emotional experience, it is a business as well. Coming from a business background, I treat it as such.
I'm an incredibly emotional person, but I always feel bad about that. The work is therapy... I need to emote wildly while I write. I weep. I'll laugh, get excited, and get up and pace. I try to take the emotional journey with the characters.
The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself.
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
When I'm working, I'm so narrowly focused on sound, language, rhythm, flow, that I rarely feel the emotion of the text. It's only after - long after - I've finished a piece that I can experience in any way its emotional charge.