“I think it's still difficult to write about motherhood and anxiety, that talking about not wanting to be a mother or feeling ambivalent about motherhood makes people uneasy. The ambivalent mother is certainly much more interesting.” PeopleThinkingWritingStillsFeelingsMotherDifficultInterestingTalkingAnxietyMotherhoodUneasyAmbivalent Author:Laurie Foos
“What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written about by women that is doing well in the culture. We're seeing more women writing dystopian fiction, more women writing novels set post-apocalyptic settings, subjects and themes that used to be dominated by men.” MenWritingWellsDoeMatterSeemsUsedCultureInterestingFictionNovelWrittenSeeingSubjectsSettingUsed To BeSettingsPostsThemeDystopianSubject MatterApocalypticDystopian FictionPost Apocalyptic Author:Laurie Foos
“I'm not conscious of my own themes as I write first drafts, no, and in fact, I work hard to stay in that unconscious space and not ask myself what the novel is about or what my metaphors might mean because then, I think, you're just dead in the water.” ThinkingWritingFirstsMeanHardFactsMightAsksWaterMy OwnSpaceNovelHard WorkConsciousMetaphorThemeUnconscious Author:Laurie Foos
“I don't see the direct correlation between my personal life and the novel I'm writing until I'm at the end of the novel or very close to it.” WritingEndsNovelDirectPersonal LifeCorrelation Author:Laurie Foos
“Fundamentally I think we all write the kinds of work we'd most like to read. Or we try to.” ThinkingWritingTryingKind Author:Laurie Foos
“I've realized that with each novel I seem to set out a kind of puzzle for myself. And I am never sure in the process of writing a first draft how it's all going to turn out.” WritingFirstsKindSeemsTurnsProcessNovelPuzzles Author:Laurie Foos