“It was important to buy into the fact that the nine hundred pages an end-reader never sees are just as valuable as the ones that are bound and placed on the shelf.” ImportantEndsFactsReaderPagesHundredBoundsValuableNineShelves Author:Joshua Mohr
“I like art that trusts its audience, that's written for readers who like to work hard. I like art that knows its readers are up to the challenge of interacting with difficult material.” KnowsArtHardDifficultChallengesAudienceWrittenMaterialsHard WorkReaderInteracting Author:Joshua Mohr
“It's a beautiful aspect of narrative construction, hunting for the right images and metaphors to render our character's hearts/minds/souls as though they're ecosystems, full-fledged settings for a reader to inhabit like a place.” MindHeartSoulCharacterBeautifulReaderAspectMetaphorSettingSettingsNarrativeConstructionHuntingEcosystems Author:Joshua Mohr
“The point of reading is to inhabit a consciousness that doesn't belong to the reader, immersing yourself in a life that's wholly realized. And a huge facet of our psychic and existential make-ups is the things we're not proud of, things we didn't ask to experience, the scenarios we flubbed.” ReadingAsksConsciousnessHugeReaderProudExistentialPsychicsScenariosFacetsImmersing Yourself Author:Joshua Mohr
“If a character is honest with a reader, then (hopefully) that will engage the reader's empathy centers; she'll meet that openness with acceptance, and they'll forge a nourishing and meaningful bond as the book continues.” IfsBookCharacterHonestAcceptanceReaderEmpathyMeaningfulHopefullyOpenness Author:Joshua Mohr
“My job as the novelist is to present the whole case, then the reader gets to render her verdict.” WholeJobsCasesReaderNovelistsVerdict Author:Joshua Mohr
“It's important to write like your readers are brilliant.” WritingImportantLike YouReaderBrilliant Author:Joshua Mohr
