I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.
Whatever the readers feel when they're reading my books, I feel it tenfold when I'm writing it.
My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.
But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can.
I like to put people into situations that are out of their comfort zone and see what happens.
I've had to deal with all different types of situations - positive and negative and extremes of both.
Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.
The ideal, it seems to me, is to show things happening and allow the reader to decide what they mean.
Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.
I'm trying to make the readers feel as if he or she is right there in the conversation, and so I don't try to manipulate it too much.