Those who generate fog are Wizards of Oz hoping desperately that nobody pulls the curtain to reveal a trembling little writer behind it. This seldom happens. Readers who dare to point out that incompr...
Authors always feel in danger of being abandoned by loved ones. This is a potent fear. Yet it's as inevitable as writer's cramp when we presume to write words for others to read.
Christopher Isherwood tried to trick a good topic into rising from his unconscious by irritating it, deliberately writing nonsense until it intervenes, as it were, saying, ‘All right, you idiot, let m...
If you are in difficulties with a book, suggested H. G. Wells, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn’t expecting it. This was one way Gail Godwin learned to outfox her watcher...
Wrote Lawrence Block. Someone once told me that fear and courage are like lightning and thunder; they both start out at the same time, but the fear travels faster and arrives sooner. If we just wait a...