“There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good stories seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky.” IdeasStoriesSeemsSkyEmptyNo IdeaIslandsBuriedEncouragingSailingGood StoryGood WritersDump Author:Stephen King
“But this is what I know about people getting ready to walk of the edge of their own lives: they want someone to know how they got there. Maybe they want to know that when they dissolve into earth and water, that last fragment will be saved, held in some corner of someone's mind; or maybe all they want is a chance to dump it pulsing and bloody into someone else's hands, so it won't weigh them down on the journey. They want to leave their stories behind. No one in all the world knows that better than I do.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantMindStoriesHandsEarthLastsWaterChanceWalksBehindsKnow HowJourneyReadyEdgesCornersSavedBloodyFragmentsDump Author:Tana French
“I think the biggest mistake you can make in creator owned work is having info-dumps like, "Here's how this world works!" it's just like someone playing dungeon master and boring me with the backstory of their fucking world. Just bring me into you story and get it cooking.” ThinkingWorldStoriesMistakeThis WorldMastersCookingCreatorBoringWorking ItDumpDungeonsBiggest Mistake Author:Rick Remender