The Journalist And The Murderer
That’s what a good Whydunit does — it turns the x-ray machine back on ourselves and asks: “Are we this evil?”
Blake Snyder • Save the Cat
Ultimately the product that any writer has to sell is not the subject being written about, but who he or she is.
I often find myself reading with interest about a topic I never thought would interest me... What holds me is the enthusiasm of the writer for his field.
How was he drawn into it? What emotional baggage did he bring along? How did it cha
Who is speaking, what is being said, and what is the relation between the two?
Vivian Gornick • The Situation and the Story: The Art of Personal Narrative
