167 quotes found
“You take a universal concept, something that has been done a million times (because everything has been done a million times), and add a fresh twist to it. Something no one saw coming. But mostly f...”
“ALWAYS hook a reader. If a detail is unnecessary, it doesn't belong in your work, long or short! Make everything intriguing. If you have to describe a desk, make it awesome.”
“Writers need to be open to trying new things. My first bestseller was a cookbook, and from that experience I learned things about marketing a book that benefitted me greatly.”
“Don't have every dialog go in a straight line to solve the problem. Let your characters argue, be sarcastic, disagree or joke around.”
“The reader tries to uncover the skeleton that the book conceals. The author starts with the skeleton and tries to cover it up. His aim is to conceal the skeleton artistically or, in other words, to...”
“I learn from everything I do, right and wrong. I think it helps me grow as a writer and a person.”
“Read. Write. Read some more. Explore the universe through your writing. Practice and learn what moves you and what doesn't.”
“There is a light at the end of the tunnel. A finished manuscript is AWESOME! So go, go, go! *waves pompoms*”
“I think if a writer is being honest theyd admit to a file full of a dozen or more stories that are all started to varying degrees. Theyre like the kid who wants to be a firefighter and a police off...”
“WHILE writing, just try to have fun with your ms. Enjoy the process, but push on. Always push toward the finish line!”
“I shall be as brief as I can, for it is not by piling up detail that I hope to achieve my picture, but by putting the emphasis where I think it belongs.”
“Any time a beloved character is killed off, it affects the audience in a very powerful way, especially in a series.”
“If you want to be a writer, you have to keep writing, all the time, and when you're not writing, be thinking about and planning writing.”
“I've been rejected a hundred times. It just takes that one person who totally believes in you!”
“I think the first draft is so challenging because that elusive BALANCE is so challenging.”
“For every idea that's been done to DEATH, there's a child being BORN who hasn't read it yet. Don't kill your dragons.”
“Youre allowed to manipulate the environment, but not the character.”
“writing - like any art - is so damned personal that there really isn't a right way to do it. You do what works for you; what matters is getting the words on the paper. Sure, if you hear advice, and...”
“Graft at your craft!”
“How to write a book? Start writing,continue writing and finish writing.”
