Insight is the difference between the book and the novel. Insight is the author s gift to the reader that can t be reproduced on film. It is the ticket to enter the mind of a character. Insight allows the author to become the philosopher in addition to the story teller. Language is the vehicle used to carry the story and advance the plot.
Language is alive, vital.
It is shared, but remains personal. The writer must learn to stay in touch with that vitality, universality, and uniqueness. Language must fit the time, character, and society. Must be relevant because language changes constantly. Ezra Pound comments that you can't write poetry in language that's twenty years old.