everything is made out of words
25th March 2017 | for Creatives | characters, artists, language, writing, reaching your audience, Brian Evenson, Levi |
"The thing that you need to never forget is that, when it comes to fiction, everything is made out of words. What you end up with serves as a catalyst—it's a series of words that interacts with the mind of the reader to create something that feels like a real person to them." (artist)
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