“Imagination, it turns out, is a great deal like reporting in your own head. Here is a paradox of fiction-writing. You are crafting something from nothing, which means, in one sense, that none of it is true. Yet in the writing, and perhaps in the reading, some of a character's actions or lines are truer than others.” WritingMeanCharacterActionTurnsReadingImaginationLinesDealsFictionParadoxFiction Writing Author:Amy Waldman
“It is a sad paradox that when male authors impersonate women ... they are said to be dealing with 'cosmic, major concerns' - but when we impersonate ourselves we are said to be writing 'women's fiction' or 'women's poetry.” WritingSaidFictionMajorsConcernMalesParadoxCosmicImpersonate Author:Erica Jong
“The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the nape of the neck and to make a person feel something about the characters are going through and to experience the moral paradoxes and struggles of being human.” FeelsHumansHeartPersonsMatterCharacterGoalFictionMoralStruggleSubjectsTearsNo Matter WhatNecksParadoxBeing HumanHuman HeartFiction Writers Author:Tim O'Brien
“But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.” PeopleArtCharacterCareDiesFictionCryBasesFakeParadox Author:Michael Gruber