Able Quote by Dan Jenkins

I think that the way that I write stories is by instinct. You have some basic ideas - a character, or an image, or…

— Dan Chaon

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

You just have to learn to get really good at choosing your moments and making sure that your story isn't overwhelmed by the effects,…

— J.H. Wyman

With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter of working…

— William Faulkner

Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my…

— Siegfried Lenz

You always need to make sure that you're looking at every angle and every perspective so that people, when they read the story, know…

— Marley Dias

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

I purposely adopted a style in my storytelling wherein I don't have to explain everything or why the story is moving in a particular…

— Shoojit Sircar

When I begin to write a story, I usually know how things will end. It's the journey toward that point I must discover. The…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look…

— Graham Greene

I like to apply storytelling methods and techniques to try to frame the story in an interesting way, but you can never control what's…

— Jørgen Leth

Try to reach for a simple, visual phrase that tells you what the picture is all about and evokes the essence of the story

— Saul Bass