And meanwhile, the storytellers like me and Anderson, Silverberg... we tell stories. People like them. They want to know how it comes out, they want to know what the ending is.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm one of those people who think that stories should have a beginning, a middle and an end, and then they're over, and then you tell the next story.
I'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling it and the effects of whatever happened on the characters and the people.
It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
From beginning to end it's about keeping the energy and the intensity of the story and not doing too much and not doing too little, but just enough so people stay interested and stay involved in the characters.
People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.
There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers.
Most writers spend their lives standing a little apart from the crowd, watching and listening and hoping to catch that tiny hint of despair, that sliver of malice, that makes them think, 'Aha, here is the story.'
Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my characters. I know how things are going to end, and I know some important incidents along the way.
The point about a great story is that it's got a beginning, a middle and end.
It's a tough job to tell a story when the audience already knows the ending, and the ending is bleak.