Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first! — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
James Blish told me I had the worst case of "said bookism" (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue).… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share
Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has been so… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share
“The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.” — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share
The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share
I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share
But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share
How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable? — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share
“Look around you, Lessa of Pern, look around the Weyr with unveiled eyes. Old and hallowed is the Weyr? Yes, but shabby and worn… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share
