Flawed characters… a ticking clock… morally questionable acts on all sides… moody, evocative art… oh yeah, this the stuff crime noir fans love!
~ Christos Gage
Hope the poems
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Many Ways to Write a Story, But Only One Plot
“There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as they seem.” ~ Jim Thompson
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Way of Looking at Writing
“Writing is an act of generosity toward other people.” ~ Fay Weldon
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Why Do You Want to Write a Book?
“I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody’s head.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Great Example of Describing Not Telling
“He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ A Writer’s Job
“My job as the writer is to fool you. Your job as the reader is to see if you can catch me at it.” ~ Sue Grafton
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Look Within to Discover Characters
“I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and even painful to explore your own weakness, but it gives you genuine emotion.” ~ Sara Paretsky
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Are You Able to Let Go of Your Story?
“I think writers can get too attached to these worlds they create, these characters they make real, so that, instead of ending the story where the story’s asking to end, they draw it out, unable to let go.” ~ Stephen Graham Jones
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Is Falling In Love with Your Created Character a Bad Idea?
“Writers shouldn’t fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they’re trying to accomplish. The idea is to write a whole story, a whole book. A writer has to be able to look at that story and see whether or not a character works, whether or not a character needs further definition.” ~ Stephen Coonts
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Write the Story First in Your Mind Then on Paper
“I can’t write a scene unless I’ve visualized it. Unless I can actually see it, and that’s why a lot of reviewers have said my books are very cinematic, because I actually do see them before I write them.” ~ Eric Van Lustbader
