I Almost Met This Guy, Part II

Apr 21, 2008 21:45

"As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first sentence, draw them in further with your second sentence and have them in a mild trance by the third. Then, being careful not to wake them, you carry them away up the back alleys of your narrative and when they are hopelessly lost ( Read more... )

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murphix April 22 2008, 19:21:28 UTC
He's one of the greatest geniuses of our time for a reason!

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jessecuster April 25 2008, 23:42:19 UTC
I just discovered you had friended me -- Consider yourself friended right back.

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murphix April 26 2008, 01:28:08 UTC
Ha ha, yes. LJ is not that good at alerting you about new friends. But now we can read each others' inane blathering!

You heading to the Festival of Books?

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