Carolyn Wheat Professions : Author Born : August 8, 1946 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Carolyn Wheat One key to the distinction between mystery and suspense writing involves the relative positions of hero and reader. In the ideal mystery novel, the readers is two steps behind the detective.... The ideal suspense reader, on the other hand, is two steps ahead of the hero. Carolyn Wheat hero writing hands Writing the middle of a novel is a lot like driving through Texas. You think it's never going to end, and the scenery looks the same. Carolyn Wheat texas writing thinking I first heard the term "meta-novel" at a writer's conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The idea is that even though each book in a series stands alone, when read collectively they form one big ongoing novel about the main character. Each book represents its own arc: in book one of the series we meet the character and establish a meta-goal that will carry him through further books, in book two that meta-goal is tested, in book three - you get the picture. Carolyn Wheat writing character book It's like a convent, the hospital. You leave the world behind and take vows of poverty, chastity, obedience. Carolyn Wheat poverty illness world We don't want to read a book. We want to live an experience. Carolyn Wheat reading want book Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
