“Writing the opening lines of a story is a bit like starting to ski at the steepest part of a hill. You must have all your skills under control from the first instant.” WritingFirstsStoriesBitsLinesSkillsStartingOpeningHillsInstantSkis Book:Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors Source: Our Stories: A Fiction Workshop for Young Authors
“I try very hard to tell stories and not lecture. I try to approach things as an amateur and not an expert, so that when I'm doing something, I'm starting out in a place a lot like where my readers start out - which is to say, naïve.” TryingHardStoriesReaderApproachStartingExpertsLecturesStarting Out Author:Michael Pollan