I try as hard as I know how to keep my reader relating on a broad level so I don't lead her someplace where she thinks that's the only thing that could cause insecurity.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
She's probably in denial that she's a great big ball of insecurity and I'm quite well aware that I am one.
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.
If I think of a reader while I am writing, the only reader who really matters for me is my wife. It's most important to me that she likes what I write.
You have to have confidence. You can't be someone who's so insecure that she's a basket case.
I think that insecurity/confidence balance is necessary.
What I find, particularly with young writers and readers, is that they don't want complicated feelings.
It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.
I usually don't read things written about me and I certainly don't read things if they are inappropriate.
Most don't live inside their heads as a writer does, having conversations with her own ideas.
The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research.
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