Think about the stories you have inside that scare you. That's what you should be writing. I and others call that writing from the dark place. Our humiliations and secret fears and deepest anxieties, those times where we were at… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
In my case, I made the decision early on that I was going to be very open about the book and claim upfront that each of the stories was based on my life experience. I think my reasoning goes back… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
My only obligation as a fiction writer is to the story, to make it good, so good the busy reader doesn't feel that flipping… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
Think about the stories you have inside that scare you. That's what you should be writing. I and others call that writing from the… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
Writing is my way of trying to understand vast things that probably I'll never truly understand, a way of exploring a Big Question, of… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
I dislike that premise implies that a fiction writer is incapable of dreaming up stories that can bring readers to tears, that if you… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
In my case, I made the decision early on that I was going to be very open about the book and claim upfront that… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
“This darkness is for sleeping, for escape; it's where I go when the other places ache with light; this is where I curl up… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
As writers and readers, we're drawn to conflict. It's that ancient theory of plot that's written on the whiteboard during every fiction workshop, characters… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
Maybe that's the foundation of my book: how do we come to terms with the death of someone we love when it is impossible… — Leslie Pietrzyk Copy Share Image
