A book's flaws make it less predictable.Janet FitchTheWorldMotivation.comTry New ThemeDownloadSharePin ItCopied to clipboard!“A book's flaws make it less predictable.
“Use description of landscape to help you establish the emotional tone of the scene. Keep notes of how other authors establish mood and foreshadow events by describing the world around the character.”Janet FitchAuthors
“Your protagonist is your reader's portal into the story. The more observant he or she can be, the more vivid will be the world you're creating. They don't have to be super-educated, they just have to be mentally active. Keep them looking, thinking, wondering, remembering.”
“My father gave me Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' when I was in junior high; my junior high, angst-filled soul responded to that.”Janet FitchGave
“My mother never met a gadget she didn't like. There were tube pans for baking the angel food cakes my father could have after his first heart attack, and Bundt pans and loaf pans and baking pans and grilling pans.”Janet FitchAngel
“I think that Oprah's on a mission to improve the lives of the average American in various ways. And one of them is to bring literature to people who would normally not be quite as demanding in their reading tastes, to show them writing that can be more than just entertainment.”Janet FitchAverage
“With children, I feel so safe in my predictable world. They will never leave me.”Nadya SulemanPredictable