Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that’s the real satisfaction in the way I write – the ultimate learning experience. Karen Traviss Read Quote
Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through ‘playing’ people who are absolutely nothing like me. Karen Traviss Read Quote
A novel can do something that films and TV usually can’t – a glimpse inside the characters’ heads. I write very tight third person point of view, so the reader is right behind the eyes of each character, seeing what they see and feeling what they feel. Karen Traviss Read Quote
I still have a lot of military contacts, and friends and readers who’ve served or are serving, and they react really strongly to G.I. Joe. I’ve lost count of the number who’ve said, ‘Oh, I just loved it as a kid. I had all the figures; it really made me think.’ Karen Traviss Read Quote
G.I. Joe has a heart and an attitude that feels right and familiar to me, so they could have ray guns, and they’d still feel more like real troops than many other franchises. Karen Traviss Read Quote
The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that’s by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual. Karen Traviss Read Quote
All the things worth writing about are outside me. I’m a lens, not a source. And even if it’s not always a comfortable journey, it’s always a stimulating one. Karen Traviss Read Quote
I do still read comics since I started writing for DC, but nowhere near as much as I used to, and I’m finding now that it’s becoming harder to read comics as a consumer, so I think I’ll have to make the call there and stop reading them. Karen Traviss Read Quote
I’ve got a particular way of writing novels, and that carries over into the way I write comics and games, too. I’m a news journalist by background, so I approach everything as reporting – I treat it as real, I ask the questions I’d ask in a real situation, and I let the characters speak for themselves. Karen Traviss Read Quote
