Voice is one of the most elusive qualities in any story. We recognize it when we hear it, but it's hard consciously to create an authentic voice. Somehow voice seems to be the natural manifestation of all the narrative decisions… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
It's not enough simply to record the way people actually talk. The dialogue must be concentrated, shaped, dramatically moving, in a way that real-life… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
The habits of craft, developed day in and day out over a working lifetime, create moments of astonishment, sublime and magical effects, precisely because… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
Storytelling is the art of unfolding knowledge in a way that makes each piece contribute to a larger truth. — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
For the big stuff to work credibly, you've got to get the little stuff absolutely right. — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
But a writing project begins not just in doubt but also in faith-that if your passion is genuine, if you have mastered the elements… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
Voice is one of the most elusive qualities in any story. We recognize it when we hear it, but it's hard consciously to create… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
“Nobody writes a book. What you write every day is a piece of a book, a fragment, a scene.” — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and determine your metaphors, your sensibility. — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
We create an interior 'movie' in the reader's head through words on the page. — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
You have to roll up your sleeves and be a stonecutter before you can become a sculptor - command of craft always precedes art:… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
The simplest tool of the writer is repetition. . . . The simplest tool of the writer is repetition. — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
