Big stories have lots of angles, and you have to decide what part of that story you want to address.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In a story, you have to have a theme and an angle, you have to have a beginning, middle and an end. You have to have a defining moment and kick it to death. You gotta be able to recognize that, by the way. It probably takes experience.
Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.
If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill.
Bigger stories are made out of longer acquaintance with fact and character, but I also love the tiny stories in which almost everything has to be inferred and imagined.
There are always two or three or four sides to every story.
Places are extremely important when writing a long story because place shapes a character.
My stories are very compact. I want them to say the most complex things in the simplest way.
Point-of-view is a matter that readers rarely pay attention to, yet it's one of the most important story decisions an author makes.
What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter.
The way to tell a really big story, I think, is to tell a really small story.