Category: writing quote
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Friday’s Findings: Read, Read, Read
“Read, read, read. Read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.” —William Faulkner Friday’s Findings…
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Friday’s Findings: The Beginning
“Let the writing have its beginning — at the end.” -Edgar Allan Poe Friday’s Findings Scene Outline: How to Write Faster by Developing a List of Scenes How to Write Irresistible Character Relationships A Description Database for Character Relationships Why I Suck at Marketing 9 Ways To Craft The Perfect Opening Line Photo by Balazs…
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A passion for well-told stories
“Humans are born with a passion for well-told stories.” ― Jessica Brody, Save the Cat Writes a Young Adult Novel Find Save the Cat Writes a Young Adult Novel on Amazon. Photo by Diogo Miranda: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-autumn-leaves-on-a-branch-28543595/
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Friday’s Findings: Wildcat
I recently saw the movie Wildcat, which was directed by Ethan Hawke. Wildcat told the story of Flannery O’Connor who navigated her writing career as she dealt with lupus. I could identify with O’Connor who had to endure the obstacle of her stories being misinterpreted. Everyone wants a story to be pretty. O’Connor wrote dark…
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The Intimidating Draft
“Drafts. Nothing is more intimidating than a blank page. Writing in drafts helps to diffuse some of that pressure. My rough draft has one goal; to write “The End.” I have the next 200-300 drafts to make it good.” -Max Brooks Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko: https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-and-gray-checkered-textile-6474345/
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Friday’s Findings: A Dollop of Delusion
“Your first book is brutal, and for that reason I really think it has to be a labor of love. Only love and a dollop of delusional hope will get you through that misery. Let the cynicism come later.” –Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters Friday’s Findings: Fiction University: Throw Rocks at Your Characters…
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Friday’s Findings: Starting with Ambience
“. . . I start with theme and vibe – the ambience, the mood of it. Then I get hazy images of what I want the characters to experience, and I start to develop their backgrounds and exchanges and developments that dovetail with it all. The world fills in in the background as I go.”…
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Friday’s Findings: The Moon Is Shining
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” -Anton Chekhov Friday’s Findings: The Best Writing Advice from Successful Authors (jennamoreci.com) Human-Centered Book Marketing With Dan Blank | The Creative Penn Avoid, Persevere, Endure, Fight: 4 Goals for Unforgettable Opening Scenes | Jane Friedman How to Improve Your…
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Friday’s Findings: Sentence Purpose
“Every sentence must do one of two things — reveal character or advance the action.” – Kurt Vonnegut Friday’s Findings: How to Choose Story Settings: The 4 Basic Types of Setting – Helping Writers Become Authors One of the Things I’ve Learned About Writing (goinswriter.com) How to Deliver Backstory Without Confusing the Reader | Jane…
