I wouldn't do a project if it weren't a story I wanted to tell. That's rewarding in itself, as a writer, if you're working on a story that you enjoy telling.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.
I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it.
It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.
I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films: I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell.
Find the story you want to tell. If you don't want to write it, find somebody to write it.
I never limit myself when it comes to telling stories; I think people can see that in my body of work. It's just about, 'What's a great story? Is it unique? Is it a challenge?'
If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.
Writing is an extremely rewarding and humbling process, and I've learned to go with it, that even if it feels absolutely impossible, I will find a way to tell the next story.
Basically, all novelists should want to tell a story, and if they don't want to, they shouldn't be novelists. I think story-telling is important and underrated.
It's not like what I do, how I write, changes depending on the nature of the project. I give each story my all, regardless of if there are a few thousand people reading it or a few hundred thousand.