Creating Quote by Nancy Lam

I'm quite adept at writing two or sometimes even three stories at once. So if I get stuck on one story, I switch the…

— Zara Cox

Each story tells me how to write it, but not the one afterwards.

— Eudora Welty

It's easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel…

— Stephenie Meyer

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!

— Ford Madox Ford

I can’t explain how it is I keep having new ideas. But one book inevitably follows another. It is my way of exploring the…

— Virginia Hamilton

When you're chasing story lines, it's very challenging. It's hard enough to have a relationship in any case, let alone one where you're trying…

— Spencer Pratt

A good story, just like a good sentence, does more than one job at once. That's what literature is: a story that does more…

— Karen Thompson Walker

There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot – things are not as…

— Jim Thompson

... We must remember that there's more than one story and plot in every novel. There are at least as many stories as there…

— Walter Mosley

Every time I start off a book or a story I feel like I'm developing a new style or approach for that individual story…

— Scott Bradfield

The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get…

— Walter Mosley

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