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Stein on writing (1995)
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Thou shalt infect thy reader with anxiety, stress, and tension, for these conditions that he deplores in life he relishes in fiction.
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A reader's emotions can be sparked with few words. That's the power of dialogue.
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Dialogue, contrary to popular view, is not a recording of actual speech; it is a semblance of speech, an invented language of exchanges that build in tempo or content toward climaxes.
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Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel it immediately.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
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Born:
October 13, 1926
Died:
September 19, 2019
(aged 92)
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