About Quote by Martin Amis
“The process of writing a novel is getting to know more about the novel until you know everything about it. And it's been described as a kind of dreamlike state where you're letting the novel make its own shape, and you're putting into it the pleasure of creation, which is intoxicating.”
About This Quote
Source Interview: Discussing novel writing, Martin Amis, 2012
Writing a novel is an exploratory process where the story reveals itself, and the author enjoys the creative flow.
In simple terms: Novel writing is discovering the story while creating it, and enjoying the creative thrill.
Key Takeaway
Allow the story to guide you and savor creation.
Themes
creativity
discovery
craft
writing
Mood
introspective
inspired
thoughtful
Type
literary
process
When to use this quote
- author workshops
- first drafts
- creative retreats
- writing sprints
- literary analysis
Key Concepts
narrative development
authorial intuition
creative flow
Questions to Reflect On
- How do you stay open to the story’s shape?
- What practices keep you grounded during creation?
A Different Perspective
The process can be chaotic and may lead to writer’s block or loss of direction.
![“What was fun for me with this book [Lincoln in the Bardo] was to start out with the principle that went, "We're going to fight every day to make this not a novel; make it too short to be a novel." And then with that principle in place, the book sort of starts to say, "Okay, but I really need this…” quote by George Saunders](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/920/george-saunders-317_book_what-was-fun-for-me-with-this-book-linco_1985477.jpg)
![“[The movies] make the sort of comment only a novel can make, an allusion to the world in which people live, the psychological and economic motivations, the influences of the period in which they lived.” quote by Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f9a/orson-welles-1628_allusion_the-movies-make-the-sort-of-comment-only_811694.jpg)
