There is a plethora of topics to explore. I sometimes think I may never live long enough to explore all of the unique story lines I have either in my head or waiting in my computer file.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have always loved story - I escaped within it as a child, I read every day, I love figuring out the complex layers of an author's work.
I like that it's challenging - that when I'm writing, I feel as if I'm pouring everything I have into the story until there's nothing left and I have to begin thinking about a new world and set of circumstances to research and explore.
I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects, the life-or-death stories.
I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the story itself that will carry me, and the reader, from beginning to end. Second, the story has to weave through larger themes that can illuminate the world of the subject.
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and some even crawl out of the dusty remote recesses of my imagination.
The stories are there first, and they come from my experiences wandering around in the world. They will resonate into bigger things, forces sweeping the planet, themes and archetypes, but I'm not smart enough to have lucid integration of all that in my head as I'm writing.
I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.
I love novels where not much 'happens' but where the interest is in the ideas and analyses of characters.
I suppose I do have an interest in stories that show complexity.
I try to find a subject that is interesting to me and to the viewer both. If I can't, then I stop right there.
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