The very act of committing an experience to the page is necessarily an act of reduction, and regardless of craft or skill, vision or voice, the result is a story beholden to and inevitably eclipsed by source material. — Bret Anthony Johnston Copy Share Image
The very act of committing an experience to the page is necessarily an act of reduction, and regardless of craft or skill, vision or… — Bret Anthony Johnston Copy Share Image
The past was a bridge that looked solid and sturdy, but once you were on it, you saw that it extended only far enough… — Bret Anthony Johnston Copy Share Image
Stories aren't about things. Stories are things. Stories aren't about actions. Stories are, unto themselves, actions. — Bret Anthony Johnston Copy Share Image
“EVERY WEDNESDAY, I teach an introductory fiction workshop at Harvard University, and on the first day of class I pass out a bullet-pointed list… — Bret Anthony Johnston Copy Share Image
“The strange and scattered pieces of ourselves we leave behind,” — Bret Anthony Johnston Copy Share Image
Like skateboarders, writers live by rejection; like writers, any skater worth his salt must have the single-minded tenacity of a wiener dog. — Bret Anthony Johnston Copy Share Image
“Really, once the worst happens, it’s always happening. It’s never not happening.” — Bret Anthony Johnston Copy Share Image
