I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think you tell the story that has to be told. You tell the story that's the truth. You tell the story that readers will be interested in and should know about.
Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.
If you have a good story idea, don't assume it must form a prose narrative. It may work better as a play, a screenplay or a poem. Be flexible.
I have no particular reader in mind, but a passionate desire to tell an honest, moving story.
I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.
I think a good story's a good story and a good character's a good character.
Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
It's a cliche, and in a way it's a conservative idea about fiction, but I did learn the hard way that plot does need to dictate the story.
As a matter of writing philosophy, if there is one, I try not to ever plot a story. I try to write it from the character's point of view and see where it goes.
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them or telling them.