I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.
Emily GiffinShe wonders what fool ever said that it's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all - she has never disagreed with something so much.
Emily GiffinI think it's important to try to be present with whatever it is you're doing. And if you can't be present, take a break.
Emily GiffinMaybe that's what it all comes down to. Love, not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way. And maybe making that choice, again and again, day in and day out, year after year, says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.
Emily Giffin