“...each part of a story, each word if possible, was to work frontally as well as laterally... ("Conveyance: The Story I would… — William S. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Don't over edit. Don't second-guess yourself, or your ideas. Just write. Write every day, and keep at it. Don't get discouraged with… — Heather Grace Stewart Copy Share Image
“A good part of the physical attraction [between the hero and heroine of a romance novel] comes to life during these exchanges… — Julie Tetel Andresen Copy Share Image
“I don’t just want a gripping story line. I shoot for the three dimensional literary Braille to a silent Scorsese movie” — Carl Henegan Copy Share Image
But if you don't understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I owe all my originality, such as it is, to my determination not to be a literary man. Instead of belonging to… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Write what is important to you, regardless of fashion or marketability or anything like that – all those things are so far… — Celine Kiernan Copy Share Image
“All of us possess a reading vocabulary as big as a lake but draw from a writing vocabulary as small as a… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
“Doing it all the time, whether or not we are in the mood, gives us ownership of our writing ability. It takes… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“T[he rules of writing] require that the personages in a tale shall be alive, except in the case of corpses, and that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“... yes I speak a different language - the dark fire of poetry - it flutters and gutters in tune with the mood ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time.” — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
“I say fuck the old advice 'show, don't tell.' It's called story TELLING for a reason, and I'll stick to it!” — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
“Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.” — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“I tell everyone who asks me about writing...almost everyone has an idea for a book, and some even have a great ending,… — Brooklyn Hudson 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
“Good or bad, words have an impact on each of us. As a writer, I can only hope that the effects my… — Jessica Lave Copy Share Image
“On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.” — Danielle Ackley-McPhail Copy Share Image
“You cannot be a great writer in a shop where words are sold in tens and twenties.” — Rick Aster Copy Share Image
“...the answer is not in the damn blank page - it's in the days or years before and you have to dredge… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
