“I knew that it was impossible for us to be kept apart for too long.” — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Writing - the act of one person giving a piece of their soul to another.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Reading is fuel for the brain. Writing is fuel for the spirit...” — Megan S. Johnston Copy Share Image
Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
“At that moment, I had apparently signed a contract in blood. We all know the power of spoken words; well, they are… — Mariia Manko Copy Share Image
“The vital power of an imaginative work demands a diversity within its unity; and the stronger the diversity the more massive the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime. — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
“If you haven't cried at least once while writing a chapter of your inspirational book, then you have to ask yourself if… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Fine architecture is man’s tribute to the land it has been built on. So are the untouched, pristine lands he preserves for… — Tom Baldwin Copy Share Image
I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors. — James Thayer Copy Share Image
A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer. — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I love long sentences. My big heroes of fiction writing are Henry James and Proust - people who recognise that life doesn't… — John Burnside Copy Share Image
The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep sending things out, not to friends and… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
“We share a bond. We do everything together. We have a piece of strong, invisible thread connecting us. It’s indestructible – it… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“The other one was filled with loud and obnoxious tourists. Always boasting on winning a sand castle competition and seeing who could… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
“To be stories at all they must be a series of events: but it must be understood that this series - the… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“She smiled sinisterly. Light mist started to slowly swirl around us. All I could see was her, the tall rocks and the… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Metafiction says something. It has to do with taking a large fiction itself and writing within it; that kind of self-reflecting writing… — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
“I distracted Herbert by pretending to trip and break a bone. Ethan darted around to the red golf cart with a cocky… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
With non-fiction writing I feel like I'm confined and driven by what actually happened. That makes the "plot". So it's a process… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Fantasy doesn't have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The professions of novelist and journalist are very separate. As a novelist, you are ultimately working for yourself. Yes, you need the… — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
“Fiction writing is art. It therefore, has few mathematical or scientific limits to its evolution. The writer must always push forward, experiment,… — Ron Gavalik Copy Share Image
“...fiction writing is like duck hunting. You go to the right place at the right time with the right dog. You get… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“It takes three or four years before the present day sinks in to you as a novelist. It has not just to… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Basically, if the author is totally un-educated, then the text won't bring out his best. Normal, educated people always understand that. But… — Elizaveta Mikhailichenko Yury Nesis Copy Share Image
“In everything that can be called art there is a quality of redemption. It may be pure tragedy, if it is high… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“And that one guy, Martin that everyone liked, well he had a gash above his right eye and bruising near his jawline… — Kristi Hayes Copy Share Image
“For his lunch break, Alex decided to sit outside for a smoke. There was no break room to speak of, just a… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“Danilo's was the kind of place where many drinking men come to hide, be it from their wives, in-laws, their jobs or… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“This is the tale of Magic Alex, the man who was everywhere: with Leonard Cohen in Hydra; in Crete with Joni Mitchell;… — Harry F. MacDonald Copy Share Image
“Well, I would tell Danny. I'd probably edit for Josh. That is if there was anything worth editing. “Joshua Roberts, you had… — Kaitlin Scott Copy Share Image
“That was enough dialogue for a few pages - he had to get into some fast, red-hot action. There weren't any more… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
“Inside a wool jacket the man had made a pocket for the treasure and from time to time he would jiggle the… — Justin Dobbs Copy Share Image
