Occupation: Author Birth: 1960
To ask for a map is to say, "Tell me a story.".
Most writers I know move back and forth between the rational and the intuitive, though there are some who approach writing very rationally, and other….
The key of writing fiction isn't just to remove something that the reader or listener can easily imagine. It's not a matter of being coy, or withhold….
The challenges for the writer included deciding which secrets were most important, how many secrets revealed were too many, which characters should k….
You can learn all sorts of rules and techniques of writing and still not be able to assemble something beautiful or enchanting..
Actually solving the puzzles in the book isn't going to improve anyone's writing, but "trying to solve the puzzle" is one way to think about what a l….
The books [and games] that give us the most pleasure combine uncertainty and satisfaction, tension and release..