The World Motivation
I wish that I had known back then that a mastery of process would lead to a product. Then I probably wouldn't have found it so frightening to write.
“I wish that I had known back then that a mastery of process would lead to a product. Then I probably wouldn't have found it so frightening to write.”
I wish that I had known back then that a mastery of process would lead to a product. Then I probably wouldn't have found it so frightening to write.
I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on earth did you ever attempt this, you idiot!' But I'm always better for the experience.
Essentially and most simply put, plot is what the characters do to deal with the situation they are in. It is a logical sequence of events that grow from an initial incident that alters the status quo of the characters.
While I've written in the POV (point of view) of adolescent characters before... I never have had to create novels in which those characters not only drive the plot, but also are instrumental in resolving whatever issue the plot deals with.
It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers.
Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.
No, riding in the Peloton is more frightening than riding in the park.
America's fiscal future is frightening.
I think Shakespeare is really the one. Words as music and music as words. Everything he wrote was good, which is really frightening.