If you focus on the humanity of your stories, your characters, then the horror will be stronger, scarier. Without the humanity, the horror becomes nothing more than a tawdry parlor trick. All flash and no magic, and worst of all, no heart.
When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime. - Don Roff
When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to the scene of a crime.
- Don Roff
If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals. - Don Roff
If you treat your characters like people, they'll reward you by being fully developed individuals.
Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible. - Don Roff
Always mystify, torture, mislead, and surprise the audience as much as possible.
The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement. - Don Roff
The recipe for great art has always been misery and a good bowel movement.
There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never t… - Don Roff
There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never t…
Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode. - Don Roff
Nothing says work efficiency like panic mode.
Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton. - Don Roff
Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.
You can be a writer who doesnt read everyday. But youre not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work. - Don Roff
You can be a writer who doesnt read everyday. But youre not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.
Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't. - Don Roff
Always work with/surround yourself with people who help make you a better version of you. Kindly avoid those who don't.
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