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Higher ebook prices don't benefit me, booksellers or readers, and that means something is really wrong. Michael A. Stackpole

Me Benefit Something Higher Prices Wrong Readers Really Means

I trust the readers to build their own visual images. To me, that's part of the wonder of reading. Michael Connelly

Me Trust Build Reading Own Visual Part Readers Wonder Images

As writers we must, from our very opening sentence, speak with authority to our readers. Michael Cunningham

Speak Our Must Writers Opening Readers Very Authority Sentence

I committed pretty much the worst thing you can do, which is defraud the readers. Michael Finkel

You Worst Worst Thing Pretty Readers Committed Which Much Thing

You can use your means in a good and bad way. In German-speaking art, we had such a bad experience with the Third Reich, when stories and images were used to tell lies. After the war, literature was careful not to do the same, which is why writers began to reflect on the stories they told and to make readers part of their texts. I do the same. Michael Haneke

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Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers. Michael Korda

Correspond Readers Sales Numbers

Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers. Mitch Albom

Problem Critics Write Readers Sentimentality

I seem to have very few casual readers, only passionate and appreciative ones. Mitch Albom

Few Appreciative Seem Only Casual Readers Passionate Very

In writing literary fiction, you are trying to help yourself. And readers are going to literary fiction not just to be entertained, but because they feel something else will happen; that the experience will take them beyond themselves and show them something they haven't seen before. Mohsin Hamid

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On a personal note: I have contracted an outstanding case of breast cancer, from which I intend to recover. I don't need get-well cards, but I would like the beloved women readers to do something for me: Go. Get. The. Damn. Mammogram. Done. Molly Ivins

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Our poems will have failed if our readers are not brought by them beyond the poems. Muriel Rukeyser

Will Our Brought Poems Failed Beyond Readers Them

Readers seem to really like the fact that what I'm writing is not traditional fantasy. N. K. Jemisin

Writing Seem Fact Like Readers Traditional Fantasy Really

If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along. Nancy Kress

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The most-asked question when someone describes a novel, movie or short story to a friend probably is, 'How does it end?' Endings carry tremendous weight with readers; if they don't like the ending, chances are they'll say they didn't like the work. Failed endings are also the most common problems editors have with submitted works. Nancy Kress

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For commercial books in a genre, readers' and editors' expectations may be fairly rigid. Some romance lines, for instance, issue fairly detailed writers' guidelines explaining exactly what must happen in a book they publish (and what must not). Nancy Kress

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In fiction, a reaction shot is a brief portrayal of how your character reacts to something that someone else has done. In contrast to more direct character building, your guy doesn't initiate the sequence; he completes it. Exactly how he completes it can tell readers a lot about him. Nancy Kress

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Overpopulated fiction can be so confusing that readers put the story down. Under-populated novels can seem claustrophobic or boring. You want the right number of characters for your particular work. Nancy Kress

Work You Down Characters Boring Seem Claustrophobic Put Particular Readers Want Fiction Story Confusing Your Novels Right Number

I think there's a joy to be had in taking readers where they just don't want to go. If you are writing a properly realist novel, then don't blink. Why not see something for what it is and render it truthfully? I find it a good way of going about writing - not to blink. Neel Mukherjee

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One of the biggest complaints readers have about my work is that I don't tell them often enough what they can do. I do think this is an area where journalism sometimes falls short. We describe a really grim situation but don't really explain to people what they can do about it. Nicholas Kristof

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers. Nicholas Sparks

Think Characters Above Feel Readers Novels Universal

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