“It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course of hundreds of pages without any sort of payoff. That's why writing isn't a one-way street. You have to give something back: an interesting plot, a surprise, a laugh, a moment of tenderness, a mystery for the reader to piece together.” WayWantGivingWritingLittlesMomentsTogetherCoursesInterestingLaughingPiecesMysteryStreetsReaderPagesSurpriseInsightObservationOne WayPlotTendernessPayoff Author:Christopher Bollen
“Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods, Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Filled up with horror all, and big with death!” ThinkingMomentsBigsLastsBirthPeriodsHorrorConscienceFilledPlotAnxiousIntervalsFilled Up Book:The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison Source: The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison
“Writing for the theater is a whole different can of fish. The music now has the responsibility of so many things. The plot could be giving you different views of the character; the emotional highlights of a moment.” GivingWritingDifferentWholeMomentsCharacterViewsResponsibilityEmotionalTheaterFishesPlotHighlightsDifferent Views Author:Frank Wildhorn