“Writing - the act of one person giving a piece of their soul to another.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The desire to confess ... lies at the root of most fiction writing. — Lucy Poate Stebbins 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
“Writing is a solitary business. It’s just you and your characters and a blank page you need to fill.” — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
What you create when you're teaching fiction writing is a kind of literary salon, not a social club or a mutual admiration… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
Never believe that the fiction writing life makes sense.... It's insanity by definition. — Jo Beverley 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
The greatest rules of dramatic writing are conflict, conflict, conflict. — James Frey 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
“Some books will remain famous but will be considered anonymous works, as for us the epic of Gilgamesh; others author's names will… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Action is the pulse of any good story, but the character is the heart. If the action has no consequence to the… — Linda Yezak Copy Share Image
“Every book contains a secret – even the writer doesn't always know what it is.” — Carla H. Krueger Copy Share Image
“The viewpoint character in each story is usually someone trapped in a living nightmare, but this doesn't guarantee that we and the… — Francis M. Nevins Copy Share Image
“Editing fiction is like using your fingers to untangle the hair of someone you love.” — Stephanie Roberts Copy Share Image
Another strand of my writing is the importance of the idea. If you think about fiction writing as a spectrum, where at… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“A long time ago, there was a little girl called Mary. Now Mary, she was warned several times not to go to… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Although nobody could ever know about our friendship, that wasn’t going to stop us from being together.” — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Death would have to wait a while longer for another soul to feed upon.” — Eli Wilde Copy Share Image
“She asserted that the best fictional detail was a chosen detail, not a remembered one - for fictional truth was not only… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“A related question is where in time to begin. Should you begin far back in a character's past and move forward, or… — Julie Checkoway Copy Share Image
I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn't go… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
“Was the dividing line between life and fiction as hazy for other people as it was for a writer?” — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to… — Garry Disher Copy Share Image
