“I would say I'm an ironist not a satirist. All you do is you take existing tendencies and crank them up, just turn up the volume dial. Which is a technique of science fiction, apart from anything else.” TurnsFictionScience FictionTechniqueTendenciesVolumeSatiristCrank Author:Martin Amis
“I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.” WritingFirstsStrongFictionClassTaughtMonthsTechniqueFiction WritingFirst Class Author:James Thayer
“I love to read and teach experimental fiction but yes, neither this work nor my first novel is really that experimental. It uses some experimental techniques but in the end, I would not say that it is experimental. I'm not sure why. I do a lot of writing on my own, and I have always just written this way.” WayWritingFirstsEndsUseMy OwnFictionTeachNovelWrittenTechniqueNot SureLove To Read Author:Porochista Khakpour
“In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and compelling nonfiction are not always identical to the ones that make good fiction.” RealizingFictionTechniqueDevicesNonfictionCompellingIdentical Author:Kathleen Rooney