“The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it's about and why you're doing it and what these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and surprising ("but of course that's why he was doing that, and that means that...") and it's magic and wonderful and strange.” PeopleKnowsFeelsWritingMeanMomentsStoriesCoursesFictionAudienceFireWonderfulMagicStrangePagesObviousCreatorMake SenseBest ThingsThat MomentSurprisingWriting FictionSaying And Doing Author:Neil Gaiman
“I always like to be a step ahead of the audience by surprising them and the best way to do that is to not hold back.” WayStepsAudienceBest WaySurprising Author:Anna Camp
“The most impersonal seeming audiences eventually just say such intimate, smart, wise, amazing, totally surprising, funny things. It's empowering, in the sense of feeling like you're a part of something really important.” ImportantFeelingsAudienceWiseLike YouSmartIntimateEmpoweringSurprisingFunny ThingsSeeming Author:Gloria Steinem
“The dream is to keep surprising yourself, never mind the audience.” MindDreamAudienceSurprising Author:Tom Hiddleston
“We're all so jaded. We've seen so many movies. We know what's going to happen in every single movie. I mean, there are some movies where I'm like why do I even need to keep watching? And so, if you can make a movie in which you're completely surprising the audience left and right, and left and right, then you've won. If a jaded film critic or reporter or an audience is like, "I didn't see that one coming," that to me is like a victory.” IfsKnowsNeedsMeanHappensFilmLeftAudienceVictoryCriticsSurprisingReportersJadedLeft And RightFilm Critics Author:Richard Shepard