In order to create the universal you must pay very great attention to the specific.
– Lorraine Hansberry
Tag: universal
Quotable 128
High impact fiction simultaneously does two seemingly contradictory things: On the one hand it conjures highly detailed story worlds that are entirely unique to its authors. On the other hand, it portrays universal human experiences with which millions of readers can identify.
– Donald Maass
Quotable 62
Universal human experiences are a foundation of highly successful fantasy, mystery, historical, literary, women’s and romance fiction. Even literature’s most distinctive protagonists may seem like no others, but in fact what they go through resonates with us all.
– Donald Maass