I’ve come to realize that artists and scientists are alike. They go through the same processes using different tools. They are both driven to answer the question, ‘What if?’ – Ellen Klages
My process is messy and non-linear, full of false starts, fidgets, and errands that I suddenly need to run now; it is a battle to get something – anything – down on paper. I doodle in sketchbooks: bits of ideas, fragments of sentences, character names, single lines of dialogue with no context. – Ellen Klages
My father once told me that I have a mind like a lint trap – I pull stuff out of everything, and a lot of it just clings. – Ellen Klages
Short stories are my favorite art form. A good one is compact and complete, a telling little slice of life, capturing a moment in time that – for the character – defines her, changes her, is the tipping point for all that will follow. – Ellen Klages
When I write, I try to capture one of those pivotal moments. If I succeed, I have shifted the reader’s view of the world, just a little. The character is not the only one to experience change. That is my job, shifting perceptions, one story at a time. The trouble is, I don’t like writing. But I love having written. – Ellen Klages
