I start with characters, and then I start writing, and then, if I'm lucky, things start to happen.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I start with a character and a situation, but I don't know what's going to happen until I write it. Sometimes things happen that surprise me.
I'm always writing about character first. Plot, such as it is, comes from the characters.
I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as I go along. Occasionally, the characters surprise me, and I wonder how we got here. Other times, the characters are stubborn and won't do something I want them to in the story.
I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.
I tend to write my beginnings and endings first - as a cartoonist and storyteller, I couldn't sit down every day if I didn't know where the story was headed.
I start with an idea or a problem or a conflict, or even a situation that might be pertinent to the lives of young people, then the characters grow from that point. I try to make strong characters that change and develop and learn from their mistakes.
If you're gonna start a story, you start from the beginning, right?
I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time.
I always try to make each character my own.
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit.