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“Telling someone to be confident in the abstract is not going to make it easier for the unconfident writer to actually get herself or himself to the point of being able to put in the upsetting stuff.”

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Alice Mattison

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“I began to see, again and again, stories that were first confusing and second where the emotional impact was muted because the big scene came before the explanation of what was going on. There was a reverse chronological order as well as a concealment of what exactly was going on. I think often that comes out of the fear of being boring, and sometimes I think it's just an attempt to seem clever.”

Thinking Firsts Wells Sometimes Stories Bigs Seems Order Emotional Scene Impact Boring Clever Explanation Again And Again Reverse Confusing Concealment

Author:Alice Mattison

“Sometimes indirect style and varying chronology is great, but quite often I've seen it be just something that gets in the way. It turns out when I talk to the writer that she or he, and more often it's a woman, that she's worried.”

Way Sometimes Turns Style Worried Indirect Chronology

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“I've been astonished how often, when I convince a writer to tell a story more straightforwardly and to tell it more simply and directly, it turns out that this author is great and the story is wonderful.”

Stories Turns Wonderful Convince

Author:Alice Mattison

“If you have a character stand up and put on her shoes and open the door, in order to do that, you're imagining her shoes and her clothes and her house and her door. The character becomes more real. But once you've done that, you can probably just get it all across with a couple of details.”

Ifs Real Done Character Order House Doors Couple Clothes Shoes Details

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