I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on.
I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.
I don't think age has anything to do with what you write about.
The key thing is, don't worry about if anyone is reading you or not. Figure out your voice and figure out what you want to write about, what you're good at, what you like doing.
Things happen in your life, and then you can write something else instead of the same three topics - like, how many times can we write about the clubs?
Loneliness is just a thing that I'm not personally interested in. So far, it hasn't been on my docket of things to write about.
There are significant moments in everyone's day that can make literature. That's what you ought to write about.
As I experience life and go through things, that's what I write about.
Write on any subject you choose. There are no taboos except what is prohibited by law and press ethics.
On the relaxation of the stringent censorship of the press in Tunisia:
I just simply write as it moves me. I may be writing about a book or a movie or a person, places where I've been or something I've done. Or politics. It's going to what's on my mind at the moment.
I like to write about real-life topics, and I like to write about different walks of life.
Read heavily in the area where you want to write. Be aware of what's selling and what's doing well but don't try to write to market trends; they are fleeting.
I don't really know exactly how it happened but I don't like the idea that I would ever have said I'm going to write about racism or puberty or bullying.
I'm married to an American, so I guess that has changed my perspective on the subjects I can write about.
I think it was Fran Lebowitz who said that there are no writing prodigies. You have to have something to write about.
Bad books on writing tell you to "WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW", a solemn and totally false adage that is the reason there exist so many mediocre novels about English professors contemplating adultery.
Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own.
I think that I write about stuff that others don't write about. I don't have a bunch of love songs cuz I don't really have much boy experience. I just write about what I am actually going through in my real life.
Knowing what I'll write about and what I won't has never really been a problem. I won't write about things that bore me.
Every experience shapes your writing, being stuck in a car on a lonely bridge, or dancing at a prom, being the it girl on the beach, all of those things influence your life, they influence how you write, and the topics you choose to write about.
I write about my experiences, so a lot of times, I do write about people.
As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and write about different ages, for different ages.
You can't sit down and decide what you want to write about.
I feel you should be able to write about whatever you want.
I like to write about things that fascinate me because I believe that they will also fascinate my readers as well.