Hard Quotes by George Stephen

When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with…

— George Stephen

On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that…

— George Stephen

The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first…

— George Stephen

For each book, the time is also broken up.

— George Stephen

So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.

— George Stephen

Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.

— George Stephen

A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.

— George Stephen

Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.

— George Stephen

So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.

— George Stephen

Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.

— George Stephen

For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.

— George Stephen

I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.

— George Stephen