“I really like it when you can step outside of what's come before and find a surprise for the reader and find a surprise for yourself.” StepsReaderSurprise Author:Dave Gibbons
“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” WritingBookReadingTearsReaderSurpriseWriters And WritingWriting By WritersGreat WritingReal TalkShort Writing Author:Robert Frost
“It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course of hundreds of pages without any sort of payoff. That's why writing isn't a one-way street. You have to give something back: an interesting plot, a surprise, a laugh, a moment of tenderness, a mystery for the reader to piece together.” WayWantGivingWritingLittlesMomentsTogetherCoursesInterestingLaughingPiecesMysteryStreetsReaderPagesSurpriseInsightObservationOne WayPlotTendernessPayoff Author:Christopher Bollen
“I would like to please the reader, and I think that surprise has to be an element of this, and that may necessitate a certain amount of teasing. To shock the reader is something else again. That has to be handled with great care if you're not going to alienate and hurt him, and I'm firmly against that, just as I disapprove of people who dress with that in mind - dye their hair blue and stick safety pins through their noses and so on.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindMayCareCertainHurtHairReaderAmountPleaseElementsDressesSafetyBlueSticksSurpriseNosesShockPinsTeaseSafety Pins Author:John Ashbery
“Each day is a surprise - and each day I learn something wonderful and new. Both in writing thrillers and in reporting the news, I work to change the world a little bit. I want readers - and viewers - to be surprised and captivated and even inspired.” WorldWantWritingLittlesBitsWonderfulReaderLittle BitNewsSurpriseInspiredChanging The WorldEach DayViewersThrillersCaptivated Author:Hank Phillippi Ryan
“Surprise keeps the reader awake. The only alternative is to continue saying what the reader is expecting. What fun is that?” FunReaderSurpriseAlternativesAwakeExpecting Author:Aaron Belz
“The only place where you can really surprise or shock the reader, or make someone laugh, is on the lower righthand corner - the very last panel - so as you turn the page, the payoff is in the upper lefthand panel. To pace every story so that there's a setup and a payoff at the page turn was a huge challenge; it's a part of the medium and you really have to learn what can be done in the medium.” DoneStoriesLastsTurnsChallengesLaughingHugeReaderPagesSurpriseCornersMediumsShockPacePayoffSetupsMake Someone Laugh Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Limited points of view let the writer dispense - and the reader gather - information from various corners of the story. It all becomes a kind of dance, with the writer guiding the reader through the various twists and turns. The challenge is keeping readers in step, while still managing to surprise.” KindStillsStoriesTurnsChallengesViewsStepsInformationReaderSurpriseVariousCornersPoint Of ViewTwistsTwists And Turns Author:Jonathan Evison
“The longer you work in this business [movie], the more you start to be able to see the carpentry. You can see where things are going, and it's harder to surprise you, as a reader” AbleReaderHarderSurpriseCarpentry Author:David Benioff
“MIke Lee writes with honesty, penetration, wit and the ability to surprise the reader with an unexpected turn from time to time that enriches the experience.” WritingTurnsAbilityHonestyReaderSurpriseWitUnexpectedMikePenetrationUnexpected Turns Author:Norman Mailer
“The inspiration for my novels comes from the depths of a creative well, based on asking myself questions over and over. I try to write something different each time I sit down to write; I try to surprise the readers.” WritingTryingWellsDifferentInspirationNovelCreativeReaderAskingSurpriseDepth Author:Nicholas Sparks
“In a novella, a whole lot of crap can happen, and you can build momentum and suspense and leave room for a surprise or three. Stories are cut down to the most essential elements, and novels (this might be an unfair generalization on my part) are big fat clumsy efforts where the reader can snooze for a couple chapters and miss nothing of consequence. Hence my love for the middle way.” WayWholeStoriesBigsMightHappensThreeRoomsEffortNovelCuttingMiddleMissingReaderCoupleEssentialsElementsConsequenceSurpriseFatsSuspenseChaptersUnfairCrapMomentumClumsyGeneralizationMiddle Way Author:Robert Reed
“It surprises me constantly that my sometimes-unorthodox approach has such a large following, but I'm very grateful to my readers for allowing me to continue writing 10 or 12 hours a day.” WritingSometimesHoursReaderApproachGratefulSurpriseFollowingAllowingSurprise MeUnorthodox Author:Grant Morrison
“You must find some way to elevate your act of writing into an entertainment. Usually this means giving the reader an enjoyable surprise. Any number of devices will do the job.... These seeming amusements in fact become your 'style.' When we say we like the style of certain writers, what we mean is that we like their personality as they express it on paper.” WayGivingWritingMeanFactsJobsCertainNumbersStylePersonalityReaderPaperSurpriseEntertainmentDevicesAmusementEnjoyableSeeming Author:William Zinsser
“You might ask yourself why you want to surprise your readers in the first place. A surprise ending is sort of like a surprise party. Probably some people, somewhere, enjoy having friends and trusted colleagues lunge at them in the sudden blinding light of their own living room, but I don't think most of us do.” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsLightMightAsksEnjoyRoomsPartyReaderSurpriseTrustedColleaguesLiving RoomBlinding LightSurprise Party Book:The Writing Class Source: The Writing Class
“Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.” InspirationalShouldPoetryLiteraturePoetFineReaderHighestSurpriseStrikesExcessRemembranceSingularityReading PoetryWordingRemembrance DayPoetry By PoetsPoetry ReadingGreatest Poetry Author:John Keats
“One of the things I love, and I'm a voracious reader as well as a writer, is books that surprise me, that are not predictable.” WellsBookReaderSurprisePredictableThings I LoveSurprise Me Author:George R. R. Martin
“I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.” LiteratureReaderAmbitionSurprisePassagesMuseCastlesCompatibleHomely Book:The Bertrams: Easyread Large Edition Source: The Bertrams: Easyread Large Edition