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It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s Super Writer!

September 14, 2013September 8, 2013Leave a comment

“Writers are like supreme beings. We can create worlds in a matter of days, and we can destroy them just as fast.”

― Linda Nelson

Nobody Has to Die…To Fix Your Book

September 12, 2013September 8, 2013Leave a comment

“Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die.”

― Anne Enright

To Infinity, and Beyond!

September 10, 2013September 8, 2013Leave a comment

“Go beyond yourself — write.”

― Pearle Louise Munn Bishop

A Novel Attempt

September 8, 2013September 8, 2013Leave a comment

“Every novel is an attempt to capture time, to weave something solid out of air. The author knows it is an impossible task – that is why he keeps on trying.”

― David Beaty

Writing for the love of money? Probably not.

September 6, 2013September 6, 2013Leave a comment

“People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that’s not true. I write for me. I publish for money.”

― Greg Curtis

Your English Professor…didn’t help you.

September 4, 2013September 8, 2013Leave a comment

“Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it.”

― Dean Wesley Smith

Like Your Biographies, Hate Your Fiction…?

August 31, 2013August 24, 20131 Comment

“I believe that people should write biographies only about people they love, or understand, or both. Novels, on the other hand, are often better if they’re about people the writer doesn’t like very much.”

― Penelope Fitzgerald

The Need to Kill…Your Characters

August 27, 2013August 27, 2013Leave a comment

“There is a point where, as a writer, you grow to hate your characters, their stupid motivations, and their whiny inner dialogues. The only solution I have found to deal with that is to kill the character, resurrect him, then kill him again.”

― Caris O’Malley

Principles of Fiction…?

August 19, 2013August 7, 2013Leave a comment

“I gave up worrying about the principles of fiction writing when I realized that there weren’t any.”

― Teri Louise Kelly

A Writer’s Avalanche

August 11, 2013August 7, 2013Leave a comment

“I even read aloud the part of the novel I had rewritten, which is about as low as a writer can get and much more dangerous for him than glacier skiing unroped before the full winter snowfall has set over the crevices.

When they said, ‘It’s great, Ernest. Truly, it’s great. You cannot know the thing it has,” I wagged my tail in pleasure and plunged into the fiesta concept of life to see if I could not bring some attractive stick back, instead of thinking, ‘If these bastards like it what is wrong with it?’ That was what I would think if I had been functioning as a professional although, if I had been functioning as a professional, I would never have read it to them.”

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s Super Writer!

“Writers are like supreme beings. We can create worlds in a matter of days, and we can destroy them just as fast.”

― Linda Nelson

Nobody Has to Die…To Fix Your Book

“Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die.”

― Anne Enright

To Infinity, and Beyond!

“Go beyond yourself — write.”

― Pearle Louise Munn Bishop

A Novel Attempt

“Every novel is an attempt to capture time, to weave something solid out of air. The author knows it is an impossible task – that is why he keeps on trying.”

― David Beaty

Writing for the love of money? Probably not.

“People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that’s not true. I write for me. I publish for money.”

― Greg Curtis

Your English Professor…didn’t help you.

“Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it.”

― Dean Wesley Smith

Like Your Biographies, Hate Your Fiction…?

“I believe that people should write biographies only about people they love, or understand, or both. Novels, on the other hand, are often better if they’re about people the writer doesn’t like very much.”

― Penelope Fitzgerald

The Need to Kill…Your Characters

“There is a point where, as a writer, you grow to hate your characters, their stupid motivations, and their whiny inner dialogues. The only solution I have found to deal with that is to kill the character, resurrect him, then kill him again.”

― Caris O’Malley

Principles of Fiction…?

“I gave up worrying about the principles of fiction writing when I realized that there weren’t any.”

― Teri Louise Kelly

A Writer’s Avalanche

“I even read aloud the part of the novel I had rewritten, which is about as low as a writer can get and much more dangerous for him than glacier skiing unroped before the full winter snowfall has set over the crevices.

― Ernest Hemingway

“Writers are like supreme beings. We can create worlds in a matter of days, and we can destroy them just as fast.”

― Linda Nelson

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“Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you ­finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die.”

― Anne Enright

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“Go beyond yourself — write.”

― Pearle Louise Munn Bishop

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“Every novel is an attempt to capture time, to weave something solid out of air. The author knows it is an impossible task – that is why he keeps on trying.”

― David Beaty

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“People say that writers write for money. From my own experience that’s not true. I write for me. I publish for money.”

― Greg Curtis

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“Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it.”

― Dean Wesley Smith

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“I believe that people should write biographies only about people they love, or understand, or both. Novels, on the other hand, are often better if they’re about people the writer doesn’t like very much.”

― Penelope Fitzgerald

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“There is a point where, as a writer, you grow to hate your characters, their stupid motivations, and their whiny inner dialogues. The only solution I have found to deal with that is to kill the character, resurrect him, then kill him again.”

― Caris O’Malley

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“I gave up worrying about the principles of fiction writing when I realized that there weren’t any.”

― Teri Louise Kelly

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“I even read aloud the part of the novel I had rewritten, which is about as low as a writer can get and much more dangerous for him than glacier skiing unroped before the full winter snowfall has set over the crevices.

― Ernest Hemingway

Share this:

“Imagine that you are dying. If you had a terminal disease would you finish this book? Why not? The thing that annoys this 10-weeks-to-live self is the thing that is wrong with the book. So change it. Stop arguing with yourself. Change it. See? Easy. And no one had to die.”