Books Quote by Anonymous

The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there…

— R. A. Lafferty

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!

— Ford Madox Ford

There are three things you need to be a good writer: you need to read a lot, you need to write a lot, and…

— Clay Shirky

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of…

— William Faulkner

My story is very long. And for somebody to write a good story, one needs a good writer, too.

— Dutee Chand

You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a…

— Len Wein

Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader's instantly. And know how you're going to end your story before…

— Joan Lowery Nixon

Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.

— Gilda Radner

An author must learn the principles of good storytelling only in order to write better from the heart.

— Uri Shulevitz

A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order.

— Jean-Luc Godard

My best advice for writers is: Have your adventures, make your mistakes, and choose your friends poorly - all these make for great stories.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I find most 'rules' about how to write a 'good story' confining, and I enjoy writing stories that don't look like stories at all…

— Ken Liu