“A single task won't crush your spirit. Give yourself a break” — Monica Wood Religion Copy Share Image
“I read with a kind of curious terror, learning that words can pin their readers to place, confer permanence on the ethereal,… — Monica Wood Books Copy Share Image
“But even talented people, sooner or later, cracked their heads against their own personal ceilings.” — Monica Wood Sooner or later Copy Share Image
“The packet of fading photos gives it away if you know how to look: always a rundown porch landing and stair rails… — Monica Wood Children Copy Share Image
“I have always loved books for their reassuring heft, for their promise of new words, for their air of mystery, for their… — Monica Wood Books Copy Share Image
“Maybe he, like Mum, believed God had delivered three extra children, one-two-three, as a sign of His plan for this couple's long,… — Monica Wood Children Copy Share Image
Every good story needs a complication. We learn this fiction-writing fundamental in courses and workshops, by reading a lot or, most painfully,… — Monica Wood Abandoned Copy Share Image
“The shape of our family has been upended and rearranged, its roof flattened, its gateposts ripped from the earth by God's own… — Monica Wood Family Copy Share Image
“A busload of pilgrims today on journeys they never chose, having once believed themselves born for more than this.” — Monica Wood Journey Copy Share Image
A well-chosen complication should give you choices. Juggling choices for your characters is what makes writing fun, after all. If you discover… — Monica Wood Character Copy Share Image
It's often hard to determine, especially in early drafts, whether or not a story has a bona fide complication. Remember this: A… — Monica Wood Astonishing Copy Share Image
“In they went, over the footbridges to mills flourishing on Chisholm land. “To the Rumford Falls Paper Company, which made—?” “Newsprint!” “And… — Monica Wood Papermaking Innovation Copy Share Image
