I do like to write about characters who aren't just starting out, who have had adventures before, who have had a past they aren't that happy looking back on.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and had similar life experiences.
The things I write about are completely removed from my own life, but people want to know the characters better.
I love stories. I just enjoy telling stories and watching what these characters do - although writing continues to be just as hard as it always was.
I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist.
It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.
I start with characters, and then I start writing, and then, if I'm lucky, things start to happen.
Like so many writers I started writing stories because I didn't have much time for anything else.
I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and think they have no redeeming qualities, but like everyone, they're complex.
I tend to write my beginnings and endings first - as a cartoonist and storyteller, I couldn't sit down every day if I didn't know where the story was headed.
I enjoy looking back on my life. I'm thinking seriously about starting to write about it.