★ Have you ever felt something stuck in your chest, only to freeze the moment you try to write or say it? Naoki Prize-winning author Satoshi Ogawa takes "not being able to write" apart, step by step — interviewing 13 authors on the front line, he turns every stage of "how a story is conceived and becomes words" into a method you can follow.
★ A genuinely top-tier lineup: Naoki-nominated Kazumasa Nakamura of the Akutagawa Prize, Natsuhiko Kyogoku of the Naoki Prize, Masahiro Imamura of honkaku mystery, Takashi Hicho of SF, and Go Katsuhiro of the social school, plus "Land." author Toyoyo — different approaches side by side, no rigid formula, pick the one that fits you.
★ Ogawa switched from science to humanities and studied logic and semiotics, so he takes the authors' unconscious "inspiration, revision, and structure" and breaks it into reproducible models of thinking. Where others talk about "a feel for language," he talks about "structure."
★ More than 500 pages — not just interviews, but a reference book on writing to keep at hand for the long term. Even if you don't write fiction, anyone who wants to say things clearly and express themselves more precisely will use it.

Every day, we carry inside us something we can't quite put into words.
Sad, but somehow different from plain "sad"...
How can a writer pin down such nameless feelings and weave them into a moving story?
The secret is never just some magical sense or talent.
The author, Satoshi Ogawa, argues that it lies in "how you assemble things in your head."
Ogawa draws out the "tricks of the trade" from 14 top creators, and organizes them into techniques we can use in daily life and at work, starting today.

Ordinary books on writing teach "correct Japanese" or "how to write pretty sentences"; this book's focus, instead, is "how your head works before you write."
· Know "that feeling": reveals the process of giving words to nameless emotions.
· Design the everyday: teaches how to draw the blueprint that turns scattered events into "a meaningful story."
· Diverse methods: among 14 different approaches, find the one that suits you best.

An ultra-luxurious lineup of conversations
PART 1 How to find what you want to write
Kazumasa Nakamura, Manabu Makime, Takashi Hicho, Nozomu Omori

PART 2 The story changes depending on whose eyes you see it through
Junko Takase, Sekai Owari

PART 3 Turning scattered events into a story
Kenichi Hanazumi, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Go Katsuhiro, Masahiro Imamura, Kiyoshi Sato

PART 4 How to write sentences that get across
Ryohei Machiya, Toyoyo

Especially recommended for
· Those who want to put their feelings into words: office workers and students who want to turn the frustration and awkwardness in their hearts into language.
· Creators troubled by "what to post": those whose material never quite comes together on social media or note platforms.
· Those curious about what lies behind a story: those who want to know how professionals observe the world and design their work.

More than 500 pages of sheer volume, unpacking the wisdom of the pros.

Satoshi Ogawa
Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1986; withdrew from a doctoral course at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Debuted in 2015 with "On This Side of Eutonica," winning the Hayakawa SF Contest Grand Prize. In 2017 "The Kingdom of Games" won the Japan SF Grand Prize and the Shugoro Yamamoto Prize. In 2022 "The Map and the Fist" won the Futaro Yamada Prize, and the following year the same work won the 168th Naoki Prize; that same year "Your Quiz" won the Mystery Writers of Japan Award (novel and linked short-story collection categories). His other works include "The Gold You Were Supposed to Hold," "Sumeramishing," "Sophistry and Philosophy," and "Orloge."

PART 1 How to find what you want to write
Kazumasa Nakamura, Manabu Makime, Takashi Hicho, Nozomu Omori
PART 2 The story changes depending on whose eyes you see it through
Junko Takase, Sekai Owari
PART 3 Turning scattered events into a story
Kenichi Hanazumi, Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Go Katsuhiro, Masahiro Imamura, Kiyoshi Sato
PART 4 How to write sentences that get across
Ryohei Machiya, Toyoyo