What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it.
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When you're a writer, you're always looking for conflict. It's conflict that drives great stories.
For me as a writer, the story has always taken precedence over everything else. I have never sat down to write with broad, sweeping ideas in mind, and certainly never with a specific agenda.
A story is built on characters and reasons.
I wanted to hold onto and exploit the power of narrative. This is not only a book about a great storyteller, but there have to be stories about the storyteller.
If a novelist has created vivid characters, interesting relationships, settings the reader can easily imagine, and intriguing stories, a screenwriter has loads to work with. The challenge comes with deciding what to cut and what to keep.
As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.
Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
Basically, I just write whatever story grabs me rather than considering the genre.
I have no particular reader in mind, but a passionate desire to tell an honest, moving story.
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