“The
interesting thing about fiction from a writer's standpoint is that the
characters come to life within you. And yet who are they and where are they?
They seem to have as much or more vitality and complexity as the people around
you.” – Whitley Strieber
Born in San Antonio, TX, on this
date in 1945, Strieber has split his writing talents between horror stories,
science fiction, and speculative fiction with a social conscience – interrupted
(both literally and figuratively) by his nonfiction account of being abducted
by “non-human visitors.” That
particular book, Communion, while
pooh-poohed as “improbable if not impossible,” was a huge bestseller and a subsequent
successful big screen adaptation.
Two of his other books, The Wolfen and The Hunger, also were made into successful films. Still going strong at age 72, Strieber had
three books out in 2016, including the acclaimed Sci-Fi book Hunters, now set
to be made into a new series for the SyFy Channel.
As for what makes for successful
writing? “The truth is, everything
ultimately comes down to the relationship between the reader and the writer and
the characters,” Strieber said. “Does
or does not a character address moral being in a universal and important way?
If it does, then it's literature.”
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