Philip Gerard

It's not enough simply to record the way people actually talk. The dialogue must be concentrated, shaped, dramatically moving, in a way…

— Philip Gerard

The habits of craft, developed day in and day out over a working lifetime, create moments of astonishment, sublime and magical effects,…

— Philip Gerard

Storytelling is the art of unfolding knowledge in a way that makes each piece contribute to a larger truth.

— Philip Gerard

For the big stuff to work credibly, you've got to get the little stuff absolutely right.

— Philip Gerard

But a writing project begins not just in doubt but also in faith-that if your passion is genuine, if you have mastered…

— Philip Gerard

Voice is one of the most elusive qualities in any story. We recognize it when we hear it, but it's hard consciously…

— Philip Gerard

“Nobody writes a book. What you write every day is a piece of a book, a fragment, a scene.”

— Philip Gerard

Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and…

— Philip Gerard

You will not read voice on the page; you will hear it in your head.

— Philip Gerard

We create an interior 'movie' in the reader's head through words on the page.

— Philip Gerard

You have to roll up your sleeves and be a stonecutter before you can become a sculptor - command of craft always…

— Philip Gerard

The simplest tool of the writer is repetition. . . . The simplest tool of the writer is repetition.

— Philip Gerard

The only way to write a novel is to proceed as if you had all the time in the world.

— Philip Gerard

“The fastest way to write is to pretend you have all the time in the world.”

— Philip Gerard