A Story Is a Series of Engines
/A story is a series of engines whose job is to move the plot forward, not a display case for statically showing off the brilliance of a writer’s views on human nature.
EMILY BARTON
Advice to Writers
ADVICE TO WRITERS
About ATW
Writerly wisdom of the ages collected by the author of Advice To Writers, The Big Book of Irony, and The Portable Curmudgeon.