9th July 2016 | for Creatives | writing, writer-reader relationship, storytelling, Susan Mallery |
"At the end of the day, readers read because of how the story makes them feel. And there is only one way to do that: through solid writing."
"Each novel teaches me how to write it, and before I can truly understand what I'm writing, I need to imagine the one person to whom I'm whispering the story urgently."
"My best stories are the ones that don't feel entirely mine. When I read them, I'm not sure how I wrote them."
"Your story is an argument—a thesis positing a thematic notion, an idea, a conceit. The ending is where you (purposefully or inadvertently) prove or disprove that thesis."
"Keep the [reader] engaged, and the best way to do that is to either entertain them or inform them. And those things are rare."
"Writing is merely a conveyance for story—without story, without a message, writing is just a hollow bucket. You need something to communicate, and story is that thing."
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