Goodreads asked Linnea Hartsuyker:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Linnea Hartsuyker One of the best things about being a writer of fiction is that it provides a framework for my whole life. When I read a book or engage with any kind of art, I'm taking it in as entertainment, but also always trying to learn from it, to make myself a better writer. When something happens in the world, or in my life, I think about not just what it means to me and to others, but how someone could explore and understand it in fiction.

Something else I love is how my own writing can surprise me. I often don't really know what I think about something until I write about it. Similarly, I don't really know a character or story until I write it. I tend to write my rough drafts very quickly, and what comes out in that first pass is messy, and repetitive, and often doesn't do what I want, while also containing buried gems, new insights or pleasing turns of phrase I didn't notice when I wrote them.

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