Good story Quote by Phyllis A. Whitney Download Open image ““Good stories are not written, they are rewritten”” — Phyllis A. Whitney ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Good story Stories Writing Written
“Good stories are living texts, and when policies, laws, and social fads change, a good story remains evidence of not only what once was,… — Nevien Shaabneh Copy Share Image
“All good storytellers are of necessity good writers - even if they may be poorly edited ones. Unfortunately, not all good writers are good… — Nupur Tustin Copy Share Image
“You become a great writer by writing lots and lots of stories, not by rewriting the same story over and over again.” — Scott William Carter Copy Share Image
“All good stories are true. Even if they were completely made up by the storyteller, there is something in them that resonates with us.… — C.E. Laureano Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the rules of writing get in the way of a good story told.” — Jason E. Hodges Copy Share Image
“When you write a story, you're telling yourself the story. When you rewrite, your main job is taking out all the things that are… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
But emotion cannot be buried by words, though it can be aroused by them. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
Reading has always been a major part of my life. It has broadened my world and taken me to places I would otherwise have… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
One of the wonderful things about being ALIVE is that it's never too late. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
“Problem, purpose, conflict, goal. Use them. Think about them while you are in the planning phase of your novel; keep these elements at the… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
Short of throwing away all television sets, I really don't know what we can do about writing. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
“As good as' always spells mediocrity. But when a writer's work is in competition with all those thousands of other manuscripts that pour over… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning. — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
It's hard to come up with a 'quote' about myself. Perhaps I could say that most of my writing has been concerned with understanding… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
I talk to myself on paper about my characters - sometimes writing in first person... I keep lists of unanswered questions that I can… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
As a rule, I don't worry about genre. I just want to tell a good story, with characters that interest me and my readers. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
It's all still about having a good story. You have to have a good story as your anchor, as your main focus. So for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way,… — Fede Alvarez Copy Share Image
I love the idea of longevity in this career. But [producing] is not about, "Let me do this because this might happen 20 years… — Charlize Theron Copy Share Image
We’re built to deal with death, disease, failure, struggle, heartbreak, problems. It’s what separates us from the animals and why we envy and love… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
Audiences want great story telling; it's why white people watch my show 'Black in America.' It's why black people watch 'Latina in America.' All… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
Most of the stories I have go downhill quickly. In all honesty most of the good stories I have, no one else would think… — JD Era Copy Share Image
[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one. — Nick Clegg Copy Share Image
Not that I've always loved the movie when they finally come out, or if they ever come out-because many of them don't come out-but… — John Sayles Copy Share Image
(I want to) make good stories that have a redemptive message and allow people to dig into their own lives and personal struggles and… — Drew Waters Copy Share Image
If it's a good story or if it's a character I want to act in, I end up wanting to do it. — Kwak Dong-yeon Copy Share Image
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