Vampires are slicker than goose shit on a glass window. Suave. Sultry. I'm neither of those things
Vampires are slicker than goose shit on a glass window.
Your best authorial self is always one about to ruin the story.
Story should be a descent -- the feeling that there is an intense gravity to the narrative that draws you down, down, down.
Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.
Question marks are shaped like hooks for a reason: they will hook the reader and drag them deeper into the story
Failure is an instruction manual written in scar tissue.
On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.