“What writers of fantasy, science fiction, and much historical fiction do for a living is different from what writers of so-called literary or other kinds of fiction do. The name of the game in F/SF/HF is creating fictional worlds and then telling particular stories set in those worlds. If you're doing it right, then the reader, coming to the end of the story, will say, "Hey, wait a minute, there are so many other stories that could be told in this universe!" And that's how we get the sprawling, coherent fictional universes that fandom is all about.” IfsWorldKindDifferentEndsStoriesUniverseGamesNamesWaitingFictionFantasyMinutesParticularReaderCreatingScience FictionHistoricalHeyHistorical FictionFandomsFictional Worlds Author:Neal Stephenson
“I like nudging readers into a slightly different perspective, but in a sly way - I want to be the writer who slips a stiletto in and out, to make so swift and clean a cut, it's not until a chapter ends that the reader looks down and sees she's bleeding and asks what happened.” WayWantLooksDifferentEndsAsksCuttingHappenedPerspectiveReaderDown AndCleanSlipsChaptersBleedingDifferent PerspectiveSlyStilettos Author:Kathryn Harrison
“My experience may be different than theirs, readers can identify with trying to save for retirement or their own kid's college fund. In truth, the name of the column, "The Color of Money," has less to do with my race than the fact that the color of money is green and it's green we all need to live a good life.” NeedsTryingMayDifferentFactsKidsNamesRaceCollegeColorReaderGreenFundRetirementGood LifeColumns Author:Michelle Singletary
“We need heroes of color in all different genres. It's also valuable for white readers to be able to meet people in books that are different than themselves. That can be a way of expanding their minds and experiences.” PeopleWayNeedsMindBookDifferentAbleWhiteColorReaderHeroValuableGenreExpandingDifferent Genres Author:Kekla Magoon
“A writer is not different from a reader, in that the common ragbag of orthodoxies and assumptions is what a poet has to work with as well.” WellsDifferentCommonPoetReaderAssumptionOrthodoxy Author:Seamus Heaney
“Writing 'Book 1: The Maze of Bones' didn't feel much different than writing one of my other novels, but I thought it was very innovative to offer the website and trading card components as well for those readers who wanted to go more in depth with the Cahill experience.” FeelsWritingWellsBookDifferentWantedNovelReaderOffersDepthBonesCardsTradingComponentsInnovativeWebsiteMazes Author:Rick Riordan
“Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement.” DifferentGivenFeltReaderNewsModelsAccessNewspapersOnlineSuspectsEntitlementHindsightEntitlement Programs Author:Malcolm Turnbull