I Try Not To Divide Plot And

The Poem Has To Bear The Weight With Image, Language... The Screenplay With Dialogue, Plot.

As A Writer, My Main Objective Is To Tell The Story Urgently - As If Whispering It Into One Ear - And To Know The Characters Intimately.

She Let Him Go Once. Every Day Demands That She Release Him Over And Over Again.

The Lessons Learned In Journalism Also Apply. Writing For Npr Has Taught Me To Cut A Piece In Half And Then In Half Again - Without Losing The Essence. Apply That To The Swollen Prose Of A Bulky Novel And You Might Reveal A Beautiful Work.

Try To Think Of Writing As A Gift - More Complexly Put: It Is The Curse And The Cure.