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JAMESBJOHNSON
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This made me think of Jeffrey Ford.
I'm going to disagree with some of this. A huge fund of experiences is helpful but there are authors who've penned brilliant, unforgettable stories who have lived unremarkable lives. The best writers, in my opinion, tend to be keen observers--they can create entire worlds form a few overheard conversations.
I'm curious about the sentence in bold. Can you elaborate?
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The best writing always features a HOW TO/Resolution.
In THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT (Steinbeck) One friend helps another friend drink himself to death, and inherits the dead friends wealth.
In THE COLONELS LADY by Elmore Leonard a VIP wife is captured by a renegade Apache and stabs him with his knife when he rapes her.
FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (Raymond Chandler) reveals how an ultra rich woman conceals her past.
WAR & PEACE details how Natasha progresses from child to decadent youth to maturity.
My latest scribble (ONE MANS TRASH) details how a powerful politician manipulates a younger lover to murder her crazy-violent son.