Audiences excuse much for the sake of entertainment. Good too for anyone who expects perfect reason is infuriated in life and disappointed with art. With the humility in traipsing on that line, I can’t stand a character who’s always right. Yes there must be conceits in the greatest stories, but I’ll concede where my weakness … Continue reading Always Right, Never Enjoyable
Tag: Thriller
Suspense in Fiction
Readers caught in the grips of suspense are kept locked upon their seats permanently so they may find answers to an unyielding question hopefully on that very next page. The means to obtain such an effect is through the proper use of information in your narrative. Boiled down to its basic components, all information reverts … Continue reading Suspense in Fiction
How to Edit Your Weaknesses
One of my standard phrases pertaining to writing that I’ve absorbed into my philosophy is, “I write my strengths and edit my weaknesses.” It’s a luxury of a non-live, correctable activity that if something is sub-par or simply doesn’t work, it can be fixed later. No basketball player can undo a three-point airball and move … Continue reading How to Edit Your Weaknesses
Colin Klawans 