“A more generous, more useful interpretation of the phrase is that we should write about what we know, *however we come to know it,* whether by vision or sensual experience or reading or conversation or passionate imagining. (Andrea Barrett, "Research… — Christopher Beha Copy Share Image
“There's an exercise I'll do sometimes with a class in which we'll start with a word; I'll give everyone a word, and they'll write… — Christopher Beha Copy Share
“Fans of the Peanuts comic strip may also remember Snoopy beginning his novel again and again, always starting with the line 'It was a… — Christopher Beha Copy Share
“A few years ago, I listened to a rabbi give a talk and she was explaining what a blessing is. It is a naming… — Christopher Beha Copy Share
“A more generous, more useful interpretation of the phrase is that we should write about what we know, *however we come to know it,*… — Christopher Beha Copy Share
“We weep for characters, and then we go brush our teeth and have to face the fact that the world is warming at such… — Christopher Beha Copy Share
“Research serves fiction best when it's dissolved entirely into the work, reprecipitated only to be embodied in characters, images, and the sensual details bringing… — Christopher Beha Copy Share
