“When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the shifting of reader sympathies get really interesting.” KnowsDoeOpportunityInterestingDevelopmentReaderSuspensePlotShiftingGet RealReally InterestingNarrators Author:Sara Zarr
“A readers eyes may glaze over after they take in a couple of paragraphs about Canadian tariffs or political developments in Pakistan; a story about the reader himself or his neighbors will be read to the end.” MayEndsStoriesEyePoliticalDevelopmentReaderCoupleNeighborPakistanParagraphTariffs Author:Donald E. Graham
“Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while Im walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.” IfsFeelsRealCharacterValuesFictionWorryWeekDevelopmentReaderWalkingPerfectionStoresManageGroceriesCharacter DevelopmentAisleGrocery Stores Author:J. Courtney Sullivan
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