Natural storytellers are still around, and a few of them are very rich. Some are on the best-seller list; more are in television and film. But it’s probably that your impulse to write has little to do with the desire or skill to work out a plot. On the contrary, you want to write because you are sensitive. You have something to say that does not answer the question, what happened next? You share with most – and the best – twentieth-century fiction writers a sense of the injustice, the absurdity, and the beauty of the world; and you want to register your protest, your laughter, and your affirmation.
— Janet Burroway – Writing Fiction; A guide to narrative craft