The Art of Racing in the Rain

by Garth Stein

I had already smelled it.

This transition is so casual, so chatty, so innocent, and so quickly turns into a very tragic revelation, I'm shocked by it, myself. Which speaks to inspiration, and the ideas of art and craft. We can learn all the rules and understand how to logically present a scene, but until the characters take it over and do things on their own, we haven't achieved the art.