I am always struck by the way many writers
are drawn to the very toughest of times in people’s lives.
I am always gripped when I read writing
like that. Sometimes, you read a story and think, good set up, decent writing
and yet something is missing. Something essential.
For me, if you are going to tackle a tough
subject - serious illness, death, betrayal, separation - the best writing is
the writing in which the author plunges him or herself deep into the action and
drags the reader with them whether the reader wants to go or not.
John Dean
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