For George Saunders, the process of crafting a good story means not condescending to your reader. It means creating sentences that clue them into something unnoticed about the character, and allowing them to figure it out. “A bad story is one where you know what the story is and you’re sure of it,”
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Tomi Engdahl says:
George Saunders Explains How to Tell a Good Story
http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/419391/george-saunders-on-story/
For George Saunders, the process of crafting a good story means not condescending to your reader. It means creating sentences that clue them into something unnoticed about the character, and allowing them to figure it out. “A bad story is one where you know what the story is and you’re sure of it,”