The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Right now, writing for me is most rewarding because I'm old enough now to have something to say, which probably wasn't always the case.
I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.
I wrote a book, and I just love it when people come up to me and say, 'I read your book and loved it.'
I think the greatest reward you get as a writer is finding that people who are reasonably receptive and intelligent have liked your book.
I get to tell the most interesting stories I know how to tell with the most interesting sentences I know how to compose - and people who aren't related to me read them. To be paid to write things that matter to me is extraordinary.
The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm shocked by the deeply personal things I've put into books without realizing it.
For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
I tried once in my life to write a novel. I had written something like 80 pages of it when my laptop got stolen. When I told people this, they acted as if something tragic had happened, but I kind of felt relieved, grateful to the thief who saved me from another year of something that felt more like homework than fun.
Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.
There are many days when I want to throw my computer out the window, when I tell myself I'd be better off selling shoes at the mall. But I always keep at it, because I have to. Writing is completely part of who I am. Even if I never published another book, I would keep at it - because it feeds my life and makes it richer.
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