My story is endless. I put in a teletype roll, you know, you know what they are, you have them in newspapers, and run it through there and fix the margins and just go, go - just go, go, go.
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I write and draw from the gut. I often don't know what my stories are about until they're done.
I always try to find a story in the margins of history, but I don't like to do too much that's improbable.
My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.
I try to let go of the intellect and just tell the story. I only read the page I have in front of me on the screen. Then when the whole story is told, I print it, wait a week and read it.
I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it.
When I wrote 'Sideways Stories from Wayside School' I never expected it to be published. It was kind of a hobby. Now, it's a job, but it's a job I like very much.
My stories are never quite good enough.
I've written thousands of stories, started hundreds of news cycles.
I love to tell stories and this is my way of getting them down on paper.
My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.
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