The trip you take them on
24th July 2016 | for Creatives | writing, reaching your audience, writer-reader relationship, Donald Maass |
"The more sudden are the turns, the steeper the climbs, and the most astounding the vistas, the more readers will connect to the landscape. The trip you take them on is one they'll take inside. It will feel like a memory, even though you invented it at the keyboard."
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