Writers are drawn to unlikely juxtapositions and once-only historical collisions.
Evidence
Like every writer, I’m drawn by unlikely juxtapositions, precisely dated and once-only collisions between people from different worlds. In 1922, Johns was working in London as an RAF recruiter. Into his office walked an inferior physical specimen with a strange air of moral superiority. It was T. E. Lawrence, looking to enlist under an alias. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 962
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 962
- XREF: connects to: Writers must intentionally shock their psyches to generate charged prose.; Writers can appropriate eccentric historical artifacts for their creative work — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 23; Writers should use juxtaposition to build narrative tension within chapters. — Tilar J Mazzeo, How to Write a Bestseller, 532 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- An unexpected historical parallel resolves the book’s central tension too early.
#complicates(0.70) - Writers should use juxtaposition to build narrative tension within chapters.
#qualifies(0.50) — Tilar J Mazzeo, How to Write a Bestseller, 532