“I am drawn to writing books about magic and the supernatural because those are the types of books I like to read. I've written many short stories with realistic settings, and I certainly wouldn't rule out realistic novels in the future!” WritingBookStoriesNovelWrittenMagicTypeSettingSettingsRealisticShort StoryWriting A Book Author:Cassandra Clare
“I tend to avoid melodrama. I try to create very realistic settings and very realistic experiences and realistic responses to these experiences. Melodrama is the use of really big events that may or may not happen in real life - certainly they do, but they're not events that are common to most people. Most of the things that happen in my novels are things that could happen to people in real life.” PeopleTryingMayRealUseBigsHappensCommonNovelEventsResponseReal LifeSettingSettingsRealisticMelodramaBig Events Author:Nicholas Sparks
“I read fiction all the time. It's true that I don't like fantasy or science fiction. I like "realistic" novels, particularly those in which nothing much ever happens.” HappensFictionFantasyNovelScience FictionRealistic Author:Gustavo Perez Firmat
“I think that it's important to try to keep reality. I think that Gabriel Garcia Marquez speaks a lot about reality in his magical realism. So I don't think we have to be hyper-realistic. But we have to understand the pressures that undergird the lives of the characters within that novel.” ThinkingTryingImportantCharacterRealitySpeakNovelPressureRealisticRealismMagical RealismHyperGabrielMarquezGarcia Marquez Author:Walter Mosley