3 Quotes & Sayings By Donald Maass

Donald Maass is an author, teacher, and consultant from New York City. He has been a contributing editor for The Paris Review since its inception, and his work has appeared in numerous publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Esquire, The Village Voice, and Artforum. He is the author of four books: The Interplay of Facets: A Systematic Approach to Interaction Design (Wiley), A Manifesto for Digital Storytelling: Tools for Creative Collaboration (Black Dog & Leventhal), A Manifesto for Creative Collaboration (Wiley), and now this book. Donald consults with businesses around the world about the optimal use of technology to engage customers and clients in meaningful ways.

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Beautiful writing is more than pretty prose. It creates resonance in readers’ minds with parallels, reversals, and symbols. It conjures a story world that is unique, highly detailed, and brought alive by the characters that dwell there. It offers moments of breath-catching surprise, heart-gripping insight, revelation, and self-understanding. It engages the reader’s mind with an urgent point, which we might call theme. Donald Maass
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It takes courage to violate expectations, but sometimes the reward is a new level of success. Donald Maass