We all survive more than we think we can.
I don't have a very clear idea of who the characters are until they start talking.
What you're normally doing as a writer is trying to find the narrative.
Everything goes. I am working very hard at not thinking about how everything goes.
Another thing I need to do, when I'm near the end of the book, is sleep in the same room with it...Somehow the book doesn't leave you when you're asleep right next to it.
A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty.