There are so many stories to be told, by so many good writers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It's not easy to tell a story about writers and make that feel like a complete story and an interesting story.
I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.
Basically, all novelists should want to tell a story, and if they don't want to, they shouldn't be novelists. I think story-telling is important and underrated.
One thing that writers have in common is that they are readers first. They have read lots and lots of stuff, because they're just infested with lots of stuff.
Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.
I don't know any writer for whom it comes easily. Maybe John Updike - a story would just seem to come to him whole, you know, out of a personal experience. But the rest of us, I think, are not so lucky, and I had to work hard, yeah.
As a journalist, as a screenwriter and as a director, I'm trying to tell compelling and truthful stories.
Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.
I find that most novels are not good all the way through. A story can be good all the way through, every sentence.