The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.
– Malcolm Cowley
Category: Quotable
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It is hard enough to write books and stories without having to explain them as well.
– Ernest Hemingway
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Learn spelling and grammar because no matter how well you write, if your mechanics are lousy, so is your writing.
– Nat Segaloff
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If I didn’t have an ego, I wouldn’t write 90% of the things I write. The voices in my head whispering “that story is sh*t” would win.
– Nnedi Okorafor
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Writing is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Finish your book – one crappy first draft is worth more than a thousand perfect first pages.
– Delilah S. Dawson
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My poetry is the record of my individual struggle from darkness toward some measure of light.
– Dylan Thomas
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Honestly, everything I’ve learned about fiction, I’ve learned from writing it and reading it.
– Peter Tzinski
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I try as much as possible when writing not to think about my audience and write as good a story as I can.
– Justine Larbalestier
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First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won’t. Habit is persistence in practice.
– Octavia Butler