Consider This: Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different

by Chuck Palahniuk

Instead, if you were my student I’d tell you to never resolve an issue until you introduce a bigger one. For example: Wendy snuck a glance at him. “Do you have herpes?” Brandon looked away. Gradually, his gaze came back to meet hers. “I bought those place cards you wanted.” Or, “Wendy, honey, you know I’d never hurt you.” Or, “Geez! If you could just hear yourself!” Or, “That Megan Whitney is a liar.” To which Wendy replies, “Who’s Megan Whitney?” To which Brandon responds, “I bought those place cards you wanted.”