Bits Quote by Esther Freud

As a storyteller, I realize that because of the inherent abstraction in rhythm, the possible interpretations are plenty. But that only makes the work…

— Shobana

I rely heavily on rhythm when I write. You should tap your foot when you read it, all the way through.

— Per Petterson

I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot.

— Virginia Woolf

There is a musical rhythm to great writing, especially if it's performed correctly.

— Richard LaGravenese

The story must spring from an impression or perception pressing enough to have made the writer write. It should magnetize the imagination and give…

— Elizabeth Bowen

In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their secrets, obstacles…

— Julia Glass

You have to write your own story, your own graph and rhythm.

— Chunky Pandey

“Too often we sit back and speak platitudes of the nitty-gritty bits of writing; the editing, the story structure, the verbal sparring vs. banter,…

— Rachel Heffington

To me, if the writing doesn't have rhythm, it feels dead. I lose all confidence. The music has to emerge to feel confident enough…

— Matt de la Pena

Read it aloud to yourself because that's the only way to be sure the rhythms of the sentences are OK.

— Diana Athill

I knew I wanted to write about a nanny, but it was difficult for me to find a narrative rhythm.

— Leila Slimani

Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my…

— David Almond