MESSAGE #874 - HOW TO WRITE THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL

Three characteristics
a work of fiction
must possess
in order to
be successful:
#1.
It must have
a precise
and
suspenseful plot.
#2.
The author must feel
a passionate urge
to write it.
#3.
He must
have the conviction,
or at least
the illusion,
that
he is the only one.
who can handle
this
particular theme.

Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991)
novelist