I try not to picture a reader when I'm writing. It's like trying to make a great table but not picturing anybody sitting at it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In my work, as a writer, I only photograph, in words, what I see.
I think readers' imaginations are far more powerful than anything you can put on a page and, therefore, can conjure up graphic images for themselves, which I think you just have to nudge them towards.
I'm like the painter with his nose to the canvas, fussing over details. Gazing from a distance, the reader sees the big picture.
Writing is much, much harder than taking pictures because you have to man-haul it all out of your insides.
I think if the writing comes too easily, it shows - it's usually hard to read.
When I write, I tend to read it out loud to myself after. I'm a very uncomfortable reader, so it creates a distance between the text and me - it is a new way to see it.
Whenever I write, I'm always thinking of the reader.
I can't write without a reader. It's precisely like a kiss - you can't do it alone.
When I write, my brain moves faster than my hands so I'm always trying to picture things.
I think with pictures; I'm a very lousy writer. If I write without pictures, I become this pathetic chick sitting somewhere trying to be interesting.