The simplest tool of the writer is repetition. . . . The simplest tool of the writer is repetition.

Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and determine your metaphors, your sensibility.

We create an interior 'movie' in the reader's head through words on the page.

But a writing project begins not just in doubt but also in faith-that if your passion is genuine, if you have mastered the elements of your craft, in the act of writing you will learn the rest of what you need to know in order to do justice to your subject.

The simplest tool of the writer is repetition. . . . The simplest tool of the writer is repetition.

For the big stuff to work credibly, you've got to get the little stuff absolutely right.

Storytelling is the art of unfolding knowledge in a way that makes each piece contribute to a larger truth.