As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I write and draw from the gut. I often don't know what my stories are about until they're done.
I'm a compulsive storyteller, an avid reader, and have always nurtured the secret goal of spending my life as a writer.
My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.
I spend several years trying to get inside the brain and heart of my subjects, listening to the interior monologues in their letters, and when I have to bridge the chasms between the factual evidence, I try to make an intuitive leap through the eyes and motivation of the person I'm writing about.
When I do my best work, the stories tend to be pretty emotionally-charged.
Every story I do is about people. It's my survival instinct - one person, one story.
Writers sometimes write things for me and I like to see what they write because I want to see what their take on my delivery is or what they think that I can do with something. So I kind of leave that to them.
I'm a writer. I just love telling stories.
Whenever I write, I try and approach my stories from some kind of universal theme or idea or emotion.
In general, when I'm writing, I concentrate on the story itself, and I leave it to other people, such as agents and publishers, to work out who it's for.