In any honest story, you try to build an emotional ramp to the moments that matter.
Squash blossoms are best cooked the day they are picked, so they force you to live in the moment.
They think people are either born to be writers or they’re not.
One of my students told me, 'So I closed my eyes and wrote on the dark insides of my eyelids.'
The liveliest, best-paced writing ends each paragraph with a snapper.
