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title: "2 Written Rewritten Quotes By Phyllis A. Whitney"
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> [“Good stories are not written, they are rewritten”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/good-stories-are-not-written-they-are-rewritten/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

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> [A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/a-good-book-isn-t-written-it-s-rewritten/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

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## More by Phyllis A. Whitney

> [But emotion cannot be buried by words, though it can be aroused by them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/but-emotion-cannot-be-buried-by-words-though-it-can-be-aroused-by-them/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [Reading has always been a major part of my life. It has broadened my world and taken me to places I would otherwise have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/reading-has-always-been-a-major-part-of-my-life-it-has-broadened-my/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [One of the wonderful things about being ALIVE is that it's never too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/one-of-the-wonderful-things-about-being-alive-is-that-it-s-never-too/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [A map is not a journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/a-map-is-not-a-journey/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [“Good stories are not written, they are rewritten”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/good-stories-are-not-written-they-are-rewritten/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [“Problem, purpose, conflict, goal. Use them. Think about them while you are in the planning phase of your novel; keep these elements at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/problem-purpose-conflict-goal-use-them-think-about-them-while-you-are/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/nobody-wanted-me-i-just-kept-writing-books-and-learning-my-craft-most/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [Short of throwing away all television sets, I really don't know what we can do about writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/short-of-throwing-away-all-television-sets-i-really-don-t-know-what/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [“As good as' always spells mediocrity. But when a writer's work is in competition with all those thousands of other manuscripts that pour over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/as-good-as-always-spells-mediocrity-but-when-a-writer-s-work-is-in/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/you-must-want-to-enough-enough-to-take-all-the-rejections-enough-to-2/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/a-good-book-isn-t-written-it-s-rewritten/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [It's hard to come up with a 'quote' about myself. Perhaps I could say that most of my writing has been concerned with understanding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/it-s-hard-to-come-up-with-a-quote-about-myself-perhaps-i-could-say/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

> [I talk to myself on paper about my characters - sometimes writing in first person... I keep lists of unanswered questions that I can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phyllis-a-whitney/i-talk-to-myself-on-paper-about-my-characters-sometimes-writing-in/)

[Phyllis A. Whitney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phyllis-a-whitney/)

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