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Writing Craft Quotes: "If I ask you to think about something, you can decide not to. But if I make you feel something? Now I have your attention."

If I ask you to think about something, you can decide not to. But if I make you feel something? Now I have your attention.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Bringing you closer to the fragile edge of living is the job of a writer."

Bringing you closer to the fragile edge of living is the job of a writer.




Writing Craft Quotes: "We're not mad. We're inhabited"

We're not mad. We're inhabited



Writing Craft Quotes: "You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more.")"

You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more.")




Writing Craft Quotes: "If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit."

If the story you're telling, is the story you're telling, you're in deep shit.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path."

Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Good or bad, words have an impact on each of us. As a writer, I can only hope that the effects my words have on others are more often good than bad."

Good or bad, words have an impact on each of us. As a writer, I can only hope that the effects my words have on others are more often good than bad.




Writing Craft Quotes: "... And the only way to find that honesty is to not overthink it.For your writing to come alive--to be multi-dimensional--you must barter away some control."

... And the only way to find that honesty is to not overthink it.For your writing to come alive--to be multi-dimensional--you must barter away some control.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Comparisons deplete the actuality of the things compared... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")"

Comparisons deplete the actuality of the things compared... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")



Writing Craft Quotes: "...each part of a story, each word if possible, was to work frontally as well as laterally... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")"

...each part of a story, each word if possible, was to work frontally as well as laterally... ("Conveyance: The Story I would Not Want Bill Wilson To Read")



Writing Craft Quotes: "Be still my hand and let the words write themselves upon my heart. Be still my heart and let your pages be filled in silence."

Be still my hand and let the words write themselves upon my heart. Be still my heart and let your pages be filled in silence.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Suspense doesn’t always have to be about physical danger. Making the reader worry is a universal concept that can be applied to any story."

Suspense doesn’t always have to be about physical danger. Making the reader worry is a universal concept that can be applied to any story.




Writing Craft Quotes: "Writing is a lifelong disease. Once contracted, the only prescription is to write constantly in whatever form to express your condition, in whatever construction to carry your words beyond you."

Writing is a lifelong disease. Once contracted, the only prescription is to write constantly in whatever form to express your condition, in whatever construction to carry your words beyond you.



Writing Craft Quotes: "If God inspires your writing, others will know because it will inspire them when they read it."

If God inspires your writing, others will know because it will inspire them when they read it.



Writing Craft Quotes: "...the answer is not in the damn blank page - it's in the days or years before and you have to dredge it up - exhume the past again ..."

...the answer is not in the damn blank page - it's in the days or years before and you have to dredge it up - exhume the past again ...



Writing Craft Quotes: "Good writing is more about graft and craft than inspiration and aspiration."

Good writing is more about graft and craft than inspiration and aspiration.



Writing Craft Quotes: "How many great gems were lost to thoughtand not put down to pen.You can but think of just a fewand then they're lost again."

How many great gems were lost to thoughtand not put down to pen.You can but think of just a fewand then they're lost again.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Does any (MFA) program really improve anybody, as much as simply identifying them? And, after identifying them, not ruining them?"

Does any (MFA) program really improve anybody, as much as simply identifying them? And, after identifying them, not ruining them?



Writing Craft Quotes: "...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep..."

...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep...



Writing Craft Quotes: "You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three"

You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three



Writing Craft Quotes: "For me, not knowing your theme until your finished is like using a scalpel to turn a kangaroo into Miss Universe – there will be a lot of deep cuts, and there’s a high chance it won’t work."

For me, not knowing your theme until your finished is like using a scalpel to turn a kangaroo into Miss Universe – there will be a lot of deep cuts, and there’s a high chance it won’t work.



Writing Craft Quotes: "On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established."

On Writing: "A multitude of improbabilities can be forgiven as long as enough plausibility has been established.



Writing Craft Quotes: "I tell everyone who asks me about writing...almost everyone has an idea for a book, and some even have a great ending, but it's that 290 or so pages in between that are tough!"

I tell everyone who asks me about writing...almost everyone has an idea for a book, and some even have a great ending, but it's that 290 or so pages in between that are tough!



Writing Craft Quotes: "Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and interests you deeply—and your readers will catch fire at your words."

Don’t write what you know—what you know may bore you, and thus bore your readers. Write about what interests you—and interests you deeply—and your readers will catch fire at your words.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Words are the bones. Writing is the lungs. Reading is like breathing."

Words are the bones. Writing is the lungs. Reading is like breathing.



Writing Craft Quotes: "There will be pages. Lots and lots of pages. Most of the pages will have letters on them, and a vast majority of these letters will be in the Roman alphabet."

There will be pages. Lots and lots of pages. Most of the pages will have letters on them, and a vast majority of these letters will be in the Roman alphabet.



Writing Craft Quotes: "I have this idea that writing is all about divergent thinking colliding with a hurricane of emotions."

I have this idea that writing is all about divergent thinking colliding with a hurricane of emotions.



Writing Craft Quotes: "The best lie is the one that has an element of truth, so it’s good to include something real in your fiction."

The best lie is the one that has an element of truth, so it’s good to include something real in your fiction.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Writers get ideas all day every day. The FedEx guy delivers a package from Sears and the writer is thinking how it could actually be a ticking time bomb."

Writers get ideas all day every day. The FedEx guy delivers a package from Sears and the writer is thinking how it could actually be a ticking time bomb.



Writing Craft Quotes: "The art of writing is the manipulation of words to ease the mind and free the imagination"

The art of writing is the manipulation of words to ease the mind and free the imagination



Writing Craft Quotes: "For the writer, the process of writing a novel is like getting an advanced copy of a book you'd really like to read."

For the writer, the process of writing a novel is like getting an advanced copy of a book you'd really like to read.



Writing Craft Quotes: "How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and, ' 'the, ' and 'I, ' and 'it, ' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you."

How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and, ' 'the, ' and 'I, ' and 'it, ' and so on, and there's a huge number to choose from, so a lot of the work has been done for you.



Writing Craft Quotes: "An idea for a story can be anything. The sky is not the limit, the limit is beyond it."

An idea for a story can be anything. The sky is not the limit, the limit is beyond it.



Writing Craft Quotes: "What makes a writer successful is not money or fame (though both are nice) ... it's that in being true to her or himself, the words were able to connect to a reader's heart."

What makes a writer successful is not money or fame (though both are nice) ... it's that in being true to her or himself, the words were able to connect to a reader's heart.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Doubt is the only reliable source of creativity."

Doubt is the only reliable source of creativity.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but ­essentially you’re on your own. ­Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don’t whine."

Writing is work. It’s also gambling. You don’t get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but ­essentially you’re on your own. ­Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don’t whine.



Writing Craft Quotes: "My imagination, unbidden, possessed and guided me, gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vivdness far beyond the usual bounds of reverie...."

My imagination, unbidden, possessed and guided me, gifting the successive images that arose in my mind with a vivdness far beyond the usual bounds of reverie....



Writing Craft Quotes: "This whole show vs tell concept both bewilders and challenges my mind."

This whole show vs tell concept both bewilders and challenges my mind.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Find the problem, find the story."

Find the problem, find the story.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Pursue knowledge as though it is your life-blood, then you will know greatness!"

Pursue knowledge as though it is your life-blood, then you will know greatness!



Writing Craft Quotes: "You must write as if Dostoyevsky himself will be reading your novel, and Shakespeare will be acting it out."

You must write as if Dostoyevsky himself will be reading your novel, and Shakespeare will be acting it out.



Writing Craft Quotes: "The most important step in developing skillful speech is to think before speaking."

The most important step in developing skillful speech is to think before speaking.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Inspiration surrounds us, the creation is our responsibility as artists.-Lyn Crain"

Inspiration surrounds us, the creation is our responsibility as artists.-Lyn Crain



Writing Craft Quotes: "Serious literature does not exist to make life easy but to complicate it."

Serious literature does not exist to make life easy but to complicate it.



Writing Craft Quotes: "I wanted to be a politician and a movie star. But I was born a writer. If you're born that, you can't change it. You're going to do it whether you want to or not."

I wanted to be a politician and a movie star. But I was born a writer. If you're born that, you can't change it. You're going to do it whether you want to or not.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Characters begin as your children and become your teachers."

Characters begin as your children and become your teachers.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift."

Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.



Writing Craft Quotes: "The day when on the cover of my books, my name will appear in bigger fond than the title of my book- I will stop writing because that would be the death of the writer in me."

The day when on the cover of my books, my name will appear in bigger fond than the title of my book- I will stop writing because that would be the death of the writer in me.



Writing Craft Quotes: "Every artist needs canvass, mine just happens to be Microsoft Word and a Thesaurus."

Every artist needs canvass, mine just happens to be Microsoft Word and a Thesaurus.