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Prose is all about embellishing and describing.

I believe most things can be said in a few lines.

To understand a literary style, consider what it omits.

Writing in a strict form can surprise you.

I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.

I'm a big fan of outlining. Here's the theory: If I outline, then I can see the mistakes I'm liable to make. They come out more clearly in the outline than they do in the pages.

Outlining is like putting on training wheels. It gives me the courage to write, but we always go off the outline.

I think poetry should be read very much like prose, except that the line breaks should be acknowledged somehow.

One tends to write beyond what's needed.