Dramatic experience is not logical it may be subdued to the kind of coherence that we indicate when we speak, in criticism, of form.

So if I have two pieces of cake, do I have twice as good an experience as the first piece of cake? One of the things I've found in life is that the first piece of cake is the best.

Your own experience keeps taking you towards something. My book adds the hope that it's a better something.

My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal.

Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.