“Deus ex machina is a useful phrase to remember. It never works to have a new character solve the hero’s problem, or have fate step in, or a miracle, or God. If it is John’s problem, let him deal with it if he can or fail if that is what the story demands.” — Kate [...]
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Posted in Newsletter, tagged Art of Fiction, Colum McCann, John Gardner, Let the Great World Spin, UW-Madison Writer's Institute, whodunit on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Writer’s Mail
Posted in Newsletter, tagged screenwriting, Stephen King, UW-Madison Writer's Institute, wordspy.com on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“There are some books that refuse to be written. They stand their ground year after year and will not be persuaded. It isn’t because the book is not there and worth being written — it is only because the right form of the story does not present itself. There is only one right form for [...]
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