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“Rereading parts of your novel while writing is like doubling back at rerunning parts of a marathon midrace.” quote by Chris Baty — Download Open image

““Rereading parts of your novel while writing is like doubling back at rerunning parts of a marathon midrace.””

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“A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.”

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“We're slammed at work and busy at home. Throw in an occasional outing with friends or significant others, and we're ready for bed at…

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“There's a book in you that only you can write.”

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“There's an old folk saying that goes: whenever you delete a sentence from your NaNoWriMo novel, a NaNoWriMo angel loses its wings and plummets,…

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“The roar of adrenaline drowned out the self-critical voices that tend to make creative play such work for adults.”

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“The world is a lot more fun when you approach it with an exuberant imperfection.”

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“If you have a million things to do, adding item number 1,000,001 is not such a big deal. When, on the other hand, you…

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“Today’s tangents will become tomorrow’s arcs, and unforeseen connections will tie up your loose ends in a way that will make you want to…

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“The biggest thing separating people from their artistic ambitions is not a lack of talent. It's the lack of a deadline . Give someone…

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“You are doing this because you are fantastic and brave and curious. And, yes, you are probably a little crazy. And this is a…

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“If you spend enough time with your characters, plot simply happens.”

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“A deadline is, simply put, optimism in its most kick-ass form. It's a potent force that, when wielded with respect, will level any obstacle…

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If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace.

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If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

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My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that…

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Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who…

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“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.”

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The Rosary is the book of the blind.

Fulton J. Sheen

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“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

Christopher K. Krebs

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

Louisa May Alcott

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Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit.

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I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about…

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I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,…

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