I'm not sure the risks I take are any different from what other writers take, since we all serve at the pleasure of the reader.
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I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life.
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers.
There has to be an element of risk-taking for me in my work.
The only risk is not taking the risk. You've got to take that step.
Writing a novel that crosses genres is a risk, but one well worth taking.
I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.
A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their fiction. A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best.
I think that usually the risk in trying to write children in fiction is the tendency to make them too cute or something.
When it comes to storytelling, not taking risks is riskier than swinging for the fences. I have very simple ambitions when it comes to taking risks in storytelling and programming. I try very hard to avoid the expected.
I'm not a risk-taker; that's probably why I write - because when you're easily bored, but you don't like taking risks, you end up doing it all in your head.