One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.
One of my biggest goals, especially with writing YA novels, is just to have people enjoy reading.
Ultimately, in my mind, that's what I'm trying to do with my fiction; I'm trying to transport my reader into a different world.
I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.
Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.
My role as a novelist is to explore ideas and imagination, and hopefully that will inspire people from my world to continue dreaming and to believe in dreams.
I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination.
I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.