Books Quote by Rachel Aaron

“ know what you want. You want a story that won’t surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won’t make you…

— Yann Martel

“Certainly, I want to capture the reader's attention from the beginning and hold it until the end: that is half the purpose of my…

— Edward Abbey

“Tell a captivating story so smoothly the reader never notices the details.”

— Sandra Ruttan

“But to those who can’t see it yet, everything comes in stories, creating readiness, nudging them toward receptive insight.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

“Every story reads on multiple levels to convey a greater, more intricate message, and it's the reader's role to tap into that.”

— Veronika Carnaby

“True stories can't be told forward, only backward. We invent them from the vantage point of an ever-changing present and tell ourselves how they…

— Siri Hustvedt

“I follow where the story goes. Always. Every time. Sometimes it goes places where I'm not comfortable... it's at those times that I just…

— Dennis Sharpe

“Let your story grow. Let it surprise you, and it will certainly surprise your readers.”

— M. Kirin

“How to tell a story? First find a point of view.”

— Paul McAuley

“You think you know how a story begins, or how it's going to turn out, especially when it's your own. You don't.”

— Edan Lepucki

“The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become.”

— Simon Zingerman

“A story always sounds clear enough at a distance, but the nearer you get to the scene of events the vaguer it becomes.”

— George Orwell