Aspiring writers Quote by George R. R. Martin

Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to…

— Kate Atkinson

Once I had started, I discovered the secret pleasure of writing a novel. It's such an immersive, deep commitment. With short stories, you're continually…

— Debra Dean

I really do believe some people are naturally novelists and some people are short story writers. For me, when I was in middle school…

— M. K. Hobson

I think most fiction writers naturally start by writing short stories, but some of us don't. When I first started writing, I just started…

— Andrea Barrett

“My best advice for aspiring writers is to read a lot and write. Don't worry if you don't get your first, fifth or tenth…

— Katie Fforde

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me…

— Nell Freudenberger

I didn't really start to write until I was almost 30, and I started with the short stories.

— Kate DiCamillo

The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think…

— Jess Walter

When people ask, "Is there any advice you'd give a young writer?," I say write short stories. They afford lots of failure. Pastiche is…

— Ian Mcewan

I'm very interested in writing - it just takes so much discipline, whether it's short stories or novels.

— Conor Oberst

I think the biggest advice I can offer is don't just pick one story and stop, write as much as you can, as many…

— Dwayne McDuffie

I'm one of those writers who started off writing novels and came to writing short stories later, partly because I didn't have the right…

— Julian Barnes