“People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale, we find ourselves fascinated because we're trying to understand why people behave the way they do, why they make the choices they do, how we become who we become.” PeopleWayWritingTryingMindHumansStoriesChoicesInterestFictionCrimeNewsTalesBehaveFascinatedNews Stories Author:Dan Chaon
“I started writing by doing small related things but not the thing itself, circling it and getting closer. I had no idea how to write fiction. So I did journalism because there were rules I could learn. You can teach someone to write a news story. They might not write a great one, but you can teach that pretty easily.” WritingIdeasStoriesMightFictionTeachNewsJournalismNo IdeaRelatedGreat OnesNews Stories Author:Amy Hempel