What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail is the best way to make a setting convincing. You can of course invent your own random details, and sometimes I will also mash up real incidents.


I Pity the Poor Immigrant: A Novel (ed. Hachette UK, 2014) - ISBN: 9780316254045

Zachary Lazar Quotes

What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail...

What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail...

What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail...

What's invaluable about actually going to the places you want to write about are the random accidental things that happen. Random, accidental detail...