..."my books tend to be based on situation rather than story...I want to put a group of characters (perhaps a pair; perhaps even just one) in some sort of predicament and then watch them try to work themselves free. My job isn't to help them work their way free, or manipulate them to safety...but to watch what happens and then write it down."
Stephen King, On Writing
I credit King's exhortation to "write for the joy of it" in bringing me back from a dissociation I felt last summer. On Writing is a valuable, although sometimes profane text. After 30+ years away from his books, I'm reading the Dark Tower series and an odd one, Under the Dome. Thanks for his quote and your direction to put characters in a predicament and watch them squirm.
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