“I think you will agree that I am alive in every part of this book; turn back twenty, thirty, one hundred pages - I am back there. That is why I hate the story; characters are not snakes that they must shed their skins on every page - there can only be one action: what a man is. When you have understood this, you will be through with novels.” ThinkingMenWritingBookCharacterStoriesActionHateTurnsNovelAlivePagesUnderstoodHundredSkinsI HateTwentiesAgreeThirtyShedSnakesI Am Alive Author:Kenneth Patchen
“A story can fly like a bee, so straight and swift you catch only the hum of its passing. Or move so slowly it seems motionless, curled in upon itself like a snake in the sun. It can vanish like smoke before the wind. Linger like perfume in the nose. Change with every telling, yet always remain the same.” StoriesSeemsMovingSunWindPassingPassingsSmokeNosesBeesSnakesPerfume Book:The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of Source: The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of
“Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enrich every story moment without slowing the action.” NeedsShouldMomentsStoriesActionAttentionCallingGrassDescriptionSnakesSlidesSlowing Book:Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors Source: Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors