Q: Your background as a screenwriter has helped make your works accessible to a wide audience. How has your experience in this field influenced your writing and storytelling style?   A: I didn’t start screenwriting until I already had a career in novels. And the main thing screenwriting taught me was: Stick to novels. I have an unlimited special-effects budget; my novels don’t have an outside director whose main interest is in removing any trace of my novel from the movie, and as a novelist I can’t be fired. My real background was as a playwright. I started by doctoring … Continue reading Orson Scott Card