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18.09: Unpacking the Tension

Writing Excuses

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The Difference Between Playing With Dolls and Writing Puppets

"Your brain does all the work because of the juxtaposition," she says. "It is brilliant and beautiful as Jack's to position, but it also serves as a way to give us x-rated levels of gory, horrible violence without actually doing that" The writer has been thinking about how much of storytelling is a collaboration between the author and the reader.

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