“I can't be reading novels when I'm writing a novel, because somebody's voice creeps in. The hardest thing to do is keep the tone and your attitude over the course of a year or however long it takes.But when I'm writing short stories, which I will be doing shortly, I can read anything I like.” WritingYearsLongI CanStoriesCoursesReadingVoiceAttitudeNovelHardestThings To DoToneShort StoryHardest ThingCreepsI Can ReadHardest Thing To DoWriting ShortWriting Short StoriesReading Novels Author:T.C. Boyle
“I can remember the times when I started including humor in novels that were suspenseful. I was told you can't do that because you can't keep the audience in suspense if they're laughing. My attitude was, if the character has a sense of humor, then that makes the character more real because that's how we deal with the vicissitudes of life, we deal with it through humor.” IfsI CanRealCharacterRememberDealsAttitudeNovelAudienceLaughingIncludingSuspenseSense Of HumorMy AttitudeVicissitudes Author:Dean Koontz
“I've never before had the same main character appear in consecutive novels, but I liked Yancy and his attitude, and I was curious to see what would happen to him after Bad Monkey. And I liked the idea of him still trying to get his detective job back while he's stuck on roach patrol.” TryingStillsIdeasCharacterHappensJobsAttitudeNovelStuckCuriousMonkeysDetectivesMain CharactersRoachesConsecutive Author:Carl Hiaasen
“It's actually not very hard to re-set between the adult novels and the ones for younger readers. The narrative voices are very similar, the smartass attitude, the environmental battles. Kids love books that are irreverent and challenge authority, when authority is arbitrary, greedy or foolish. They also love it when you make fun of grownups, and I've spent my whole life as a writer doing that.” BookHardWholeKidsFunVoiceChallengesAttitudeNovelReaderBattleAuthorityAdultsEnvironmentalWhole LifeFoolishNarrativeGreedyArbitraryGrownupsKids LoveIrreverentSmartassNarrative Voice Author:Carl Hiaasen