"How Fiction Works" Quotes
An insightful exploration of the mechanics and artistry of fiction writing.
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Quotes
The first-person narrator is the person who tells you his or her own story, using the pronoun 'I.'
Free indirect style is the third-person narration that slips in and out of the thoughts and feelings of the character.
The novel is always trying to generate suspense.
The novel is a complex thing. It is a way of representing life in all its complexity.
The novel is a form of entertainment, but it is also a form of knowledge.
The novel is a way of thinking.
The novel is interested in individuals and in the world.
The novel is interested in the interior life of human subjects.
The novel is a form of compassion.
The novel is a way of imagining other minds.
