Books Quote by Tom Barbash Download Open image “I think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa.” — Tom Barbash ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books High level Intimacy Levels Narrators Reader Romance Thinking Vice versa Vices
When the reader and one narrator know something the other narrator does not, the opportunities for suspense and plot development and the shifting of… — Sara Zarr Copy Share Image
Getting inside your character's head and letting the reader see the world through not just their eyes but their sensibility creates an intimacy that… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them. — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were writing encyclopedia… — Jerome Stern Copy Share Image
I think that people who don't mind reading find the immersion and their ability to get into a deeper place with the story to… — Rick Remender Copy Share Image
If a character is honest with a reader, then (hopefully) that will engage the reader's empathy centers; she'll meet that openness with acceptance, and… — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
In writing, the connection between storyteller and audience is just as important. By using some subtle devices, a narrator can reach out to the… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does not need… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
All storytelling is kind of that - there's a bit of text that you put pressure on that spits out some desire that a… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Everybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so when you… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
In fiction the narrator is a performance of voice, and it can be any style of voice, but I'm interested in the ways that… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
I know I love a novel with an unreliable narrator, and I think many readers do as well. — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
One good thing the teaching has given me is the ability to read and revise my own work. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
My characters tend, if wounded, to be emotionally resourceful. Often they're in that way station between when loss happens and when it can be… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
Of course I'd sometimes have characters from downstate living upstate, but it took a while for me to start writing about where I grew… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I went back into the older stories and reworked them, because I became a better writer over the years and could spot flaws. I… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I tend to listen to my friends and family empathetically, and I try to help work through their problems from the inside. I try… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
Being a reporter took me out of myself and that shaped me as a writer. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I think the second, or outsider's, perspective can come as you layer a story. It's as though you've grabbed a secondary character and asked… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I think it's probably better to make a region your own, and then maybe you can go somewhere else, but a lot of great… — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
