Though it may not seem like it, I never try to write about a place, per se; it's always, first and last, about story. Story is everything. Story and a bit of attitude.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.
I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look around, you can see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story.
I write about people in small towns; I don't write about people living in big cities. My kind of storytelling depends upon people that have time to talk to each other.
I like to write about beautiful places, interesting places to me.
I have often tried to tell the story of a place through people there.
I like to write about wherever I happen to be.
Love of place is one of the characteristics I enjoy most about novelists.
I think any journalist who spends time in a place realizes that there are lots of stories around beyond their primary story. You meet so many interesting people and have all kinds of experiences.
I'm a great believer in research. I have to know about a place before I write a story that is set in that place.
If you ask me, the place that a story happens is as equal character. It's almost like an ecological viewpoint: These people are living in this piece of land, and in this piece of land in this time this is possible. For me, I almost think location first. It's time first - what year is it - then where are we, and then who is in it.