I'm not conscious of my own themes as I write first drafts, no, and in fact, I work … - Laurie Foos

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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.

Dead, Hard, Hard Work, Mean, Writing

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I'd say that most of life seems to me to be that way, a mixture of the mundane and the mythic, when you're living the life of the mind.

Live Life, Mind, Mixtures, Mundane, Say, Way

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.

Interesting, Men, Subject, Subjects, Themes, Writing

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you know you have to hit the ground running.

Accomplish, Amazing, Know, Knows, Running

As soon as you start to question your own intent while you're still in the process of discovering your story, you're in trouble because you've pulled out of that unconscious space that is so necessary in the beginning of the drafting process.

Discovering, Space, Stories, Story, Trouble

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.

Close, Ends, Life, Novel, Writing