There’s an interesting article about thriller writer Stephen
White (who styles himself “the least well-known best-selling author”) in USA
Today. He’s a psychologist who has written sixteen thrillers, the latest being
“The Siege,” and he also happens to have MS.
He says the unpredictable nature of the illness means you
don’t just have to seize the day—you have to seize the hour. “If you have a
good hour, you use it.” (And isn't that great advice even for those of us lucky enough not to have any such illness?]
Maybe that also informs his writing. He says, “I write
towards conflict and resolution of that conflict. But I try to make the endings
feel like life. When episodes in people’s lives conclude, they don’t always get
wrapped up. I try to make sure some aspects of their lives stay just as
confused as when they go in.”
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