Jul 25, 2021
'The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't. It's incredibly annoying for us scribblers. A lot of the time you're simply deciding how far down the path of unlikeliness you can go while still retaining the willing suspension of disbelief in the reader.'
'You get so caught up in what you're writing - action sequences tend to do that more than anything else because you're living it, and feeling for your characters.'
'I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience of getting thoughts and ideas and plots and characters organised into this narrative framework.'
Author Extraordinaire Ian (M) Banks
photo: Ian Georgeson/The Scotsman
