All writers seem to approach their work differently.
And yet I feel I still write too much. I suppose Proust gives writers the courage, for better or for worse, to savor all the details of their childhood. I think most gay writing still is ignored by the mainstream press, and I think straight men, if not straight women, still have a problem about standing in line at a book store with a gay book in their hands. Maybe the new online purchasing of books will take away the embarrassment factor and allow straights to explore gay fiction more freely. A Boy's Own Story really helped me in coming out about a year ago.