24th August 2017 | for Creatives | create for YOURSELF, art, writing, protect the art, storytelling, genre, value the art, artists supporting artists, Donald Maass, creative freedom, categorization of art |
"If there were a manifesto for 21st century fiction writers, I hope it would go like this: Down with high-flown literature! Cast off genre servitude! The revolution is founded in authorial liberty. It regards story and art as equals."
"Expression, rather than repression, is vital."
"I never read, particularly, a mystery or a romance or a sci-fi. I just read anything. When I started out [writing], I don't think I had the concept of 'They must be shelved somewhere.'"
"Perhaps in part because they have fewer rules to follow, they must rely more on universal techniques and stay truer to their inner compasses. Without genre crutches to lean on they must walk the walk of true novelists. You can call them genre-bending if you like, but I call them genre-transcending. While they may establish a new category, they are genuine fiction masters."
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