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.
Failure is an instruction manual written in scar tissue.
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
On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.
