Do you have any particular themes you like to write on?
Robert Jordan once said, “My books raise questions, but I don’t want my books to answer them. I want them to make you think, and wonder, and question, and come to your own conclusion.” I have always thought that was one of the wisest things that I have ever heard anyone say. I have actually had characters quote it in books before, although I cannot remember if it was in one that has been published or not. But, I have always liked that, and I have used that as my guiding light. I want to deal with things, and I want to have characters struggle with things, and all of this important stuff.
I don’t want to give you answers, so I deal with this by having characters that approach things from different directions. And most of these themes grow out of the characters’ desires. I don’t go into a book saying, “I’m going to write a book about this.” I go into a book saying, “Here are characters who care about this and this.” So, themes develop as you write the book because the characters influence them and design them. And that is what becomes the heart of the book, what the characters care about.
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