The Last Word

by Taylor Adams

In a story, the author is God.

Evil works hard to rationalize itself.

“Anticipation is worse than reality,”

“Don’t self-edit. Don’t second-guess. You can polish words on paper all you want. But not speech. Talking has a special, in-the-moment honesty. The flaws make it real.”

“Coincidences are fine in real life. But in fiction, they’re bad writing.”