i think to be a writer you have to be stubborn, defiant, and at least a bit delusional. i mean, you have to believe—and keep believing—that you have something worth putting on the page. even just for yourself.
there is nothing more tasty to me than a character who was born to die young accepting their fate from an early age then beginning to resent it when they discover the beauty of life and how unjust it is that they’ll miss out on everything they never thought they’d have or want