When I'm writing, I'm just in it and trying to figure out what seems best.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
I'm always looking at ways of shaking up the writing experience because I think it helps.
Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better.
For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
I believe that reading widely is the best preparation for writing.
Writing for me is largely about rewriting.
I sometimes don't know what I'm writing when I start writing it, on some level.
For me, writing is like being taken on a walk by a footnote: It's amazing where you end up.
If there's anything I'm keen to get better at in my writing, then it's the writing of prose as opposed to the writing of dialogue.
I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.