Best 3 quotes of Diane M Chattaway on MyQuotes

I genuinely feel for my characters. While I was writing 8, I had to take a moment. I had to step back from the work, and just cry. In fact, there was an entire scene I cried through writing. It affected me so badly, I had to put the work away. Regroup. I just, I couldn't believe what I had just written. I felt like if Evil needed a face, I would be the number one front-runner for the brand. It was really hard for me. Every bit of pain, anger, desperation that I wrote, I felt while writing it. In a way, I think I became my characters. I transferred them to the page, by living in them.

I just always wanted to write. I think it stems from always wanting to read. Somewhere along the lines of being entertained, I thought... I would like to entertain others.

While writing Bless me, Father, I became more like the reader than the writer. Every time I thought Okay, I will write one more paragraph and then take a break. But every time, I would end up in a place where I would intrigue even myself and have to keep writing. I wrote 11,000 words in one day because I needed to know what was going to happen next. It was a process that got me to thinking that, perhaps outlining might not be such a bad thing after all. This way, it isn't such a surprise even to me, and I can take a break here and there.