Monday Writing Motivation: Two imperatives: ambition and humility


I've been thinking about something Karin Slaughter said in a recent interview about her latest novel, We Are All Guilty Here – a novel, by the way, that I can heartily recommend. When asked whether she writes with actors or readers in mind, she cut through to what matters: "I just sit down and write. It's been the same from the first book to this book (her 25th) I just want to tell the best story I can tell and learn as a writer and make sure that I'm doing my job of keeping people interested...