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“She smelled him. The blood was rushing through his veins. She could sniff out the heat in his body. His odour saturated her nostrils and filled her lungs.”
Thomas Emson, Maneater
“three questions Sellotaped to my laptop and I consider them when I am writing a scene. Every character must have a “simple, straightfoward, pressing need which impels him or her to show up in the scene,” Mamet says. Of course, he is advising screenwriters here. But we, as novelists, can also benefit from his counsel.”
Thomas Emson, How To Write A Novel In 6 Months
“does the reader really need to know this piece of information? If the answer is “No,” cut it out.”
Thomas Emson, How To Write A Novel In 6 Months
“Mamet says you should ask three questions when constructing a scene: Who wants what? What happens if they don’t get it? Why now?”
Thomas Emson, How To Write A Novel In 6 Months

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