“Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids now won't be able to read. I was reading Kipling and PG Wodehouse and Shakespeare at the age of 11. The kind of description and detail I read I would not put in my books. I don't know how much you can fight that because you want children to read. So I pack in excitement and plot and illustrations and have a cliffhanger every chapter. Charles Dickens was doing cliffhangers way back when. But even with all the excitement you have to make children care about the characters.” KnowsWayWantKindChildrenBookCharacterCareKidsAgeAbleFightingReadingAttentionKnow HowChildhoodDetailsExcitementDescriptionPlotChaptersPacksBack WhenIllustrationDickensAttention SpanChild CareCliffhangerKiplingWay Back When Author:Cressida Cowell
“People have really long attention spans, and they love complicated plots. TV series are giving the audience what they want.” PeopleWantGivingLongAttentionAudienceTvsSeriesComplicatedPlotAttention SpanReally LongTv Series Author:Kevin Spacey
“Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward careful attention.” WantEnoughAttentionFictionCrimeRewardsCarefulPlotAmbitiousPuzzlesClueWant SomethingCrime Fiction Author:Sophie Hannah
“The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so, and by the manipulation of his plot, he can engage the reader's attention so that he does not perceive the violence that has been done to him.” DoeHas BeensDoneAttentionViolenceReaderPerceivePlotManipulationLoadDice Author:W. Somerset Maugham