Uninvited criticism is insult.

Plot does not simply move with time, but spreads out conceptually in metaphorical space.

There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now."

Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story.

What a strange thing it is to recognize a sound like the shriek of a wounded animal, when you've never heard the shriek of a wounded animal.

Our salvation never comes in the form we would have chosen.

Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities. A scream is not a discovery.