If you have several ways you can take a situation, and you pick the one that cheats the characters, the audience, and common sense, you need to pick again.
– Jamahl Epsicokhan
Tag: audience
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The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what its about and why you’re doing it and what these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and surprising … and it’s magic and wonderful and strange.
– Neil Gaiman
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I try as much as possible when writing not to think about my audience and write as good a story as I can.
– Justine Larbalestier
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Think in terms of what audiences think. They go to the theatre, and they either notice that their butts are numb, or they don’t. If you’re doing your job right, they don’t.
– Joss Whedon