A good fiction writer should make him or herself invisible, in service to the story. R. J. Ellory tries so hard to be "literary" that every page screams out "STRIVING AUTHOR! STRIVING AUTHOR! STRIVING AUTHOR!" This desperate author presence makes it impossible to see or care about the story.
The Drift Of Things
To yield with a grace to reason
A good fiction writer should make him or herself invisible, in service to the story. R. J. Ellory tries so hard to be "literary" that every page screams out "STRIVING AUTHOR! STRIVING AUTHOR! STRIVING AUTHOR!" This desperate author presence makes it impossible to see or care about the story.
