“Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of, say, chapter two and have thought: “This is where the novel should actually start.” A huge amount of information about character and backstory can be conveyed through small detail. The emotional attachment you feel to a scene or a chapter will fade as you move on to other stories. Be business-like about it.” FeelsShouldTwoCharacterStoriesMovingMy OwnNovelCuttingCrazyInformationEmotionalHugeAmountSceneIncludingDetailsAttachmentFadesChaptersManuscriptsLess Is MoreSmall Details Author:Sarah Waters
“There have been 15 or 16 screenplays over the years, including one by me, but none of them has gotten made because Paramount is a huge studio. The Dice Man is an anti-establishment cult novel and you don't normally make studio films from such dark comedy material.” MenYearsHas BeensMadeFilmDarkNovelComedyMaterialsHugeIncludingStudiosEstablishmentCultScreenplaysDiceParamountDark Comedy Author:Luke Rhinehart
“The return to a favorite novel is generally tied up with changes in oneself that must be counted as improvements, but have the feel of losses. It is like going back to a favorite house, country, person; nothing is where it belongs, including one's heart.” FeelsHeartPersonsBookCountryReadingHouseLossNovelReturnIncludingOneselfImprovementTiedBook ReadingTied Up Book:Occasional prose Source: Occasional prose
“People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of Watchmen as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations. And that does a disservice to the entire form.” PeopleThinkingDoeBookHappensFormNovelIncludingJournalistGraphicIllustrationDisserviceGraphic Novels Author:Dave Gibbons
“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 think most novelists I know, certainly including me, feel the novels choose them rather than vice-versa.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsNovelIncludingVicesNovelistsVice Versa Author:Steve Erickson