It is a truth universally acknowledged, he’d mused, that most people will never find their ‘call me Ishmael’.
Django WylieMots clés truth writing writing-craft wordplay jane-austen pride-and-prejudice moby-dick writing-life herman-melville
Find the problem, find the story.
John BrownMots clés writing writing-craft plot-suggestions
I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an architect building a house. They know how many rooms are going to be in the house, what kind of roof they're going to have, where the wires are going to run, what kind of plumbing there's going to be. They have the whole thing designed and blueprinted out before they even nail the first board up. The gardeners dig a hole, drop in a seed and water it. They kind of know what seed it is, they know if planted a fantasy seed or mystery seed or whatever. But as the plant comes up and they water it, they don't know how many branches it's going to have, they find out as it grows. And I'm much more a gardener than an architect.
George R.R. MartinMots clés writing writers writing-craft craft writers-on-writing writing-process gardener architect
You can’t just come out and say what you have to say. That’s what people do on airplanes, when a man plops down next to you in the aisle seat of your flight to New York, spills peanuts all over the place (back when the cheapskate airlines at least gave you peanuts), and tells you about what his boss did to him the day before. You know how your eyes glaze over when you hear a story like that? That’s because of the way he’s telling his story. You need a good way to tell your story.
Adair LaraMots clés writing-craft writing-advice memoirs
But if you don't understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the most intriguing flash of inspiration.
Elizabeth GeorgeMots clés writing-craft writing-advice
I trust my characters. They know their stories better than I do.
Rayne HallMots clés writing writing-craft writing-life fiction-characters
An author needs a lot more than one person to succumb to his literary seductive charms, but, like Saul, he must realize that he doesn't have to--and indeed cannot--capture the hearts of every possible reader out there. No matter who the writer, his ideal intended audience is only a small faction of all the living readers. Name the most widely read authors you can think of--from Shakespeare, Austen, and Dickens to Robert Waller, Stephen King, and J.K. Rowling--and the immense majority of book-buyers out there actively decline to read them.
Thomas McCormackMots clés writing writing-craft writing-advice
Stories that pander to your every readerly desire and whim are like overly loyal dogs that live for the simple glow of your approval. I'm a cat person. I like a little aloofness in my pets and my writing.
Alden BellMots clés writing-craft
It can be said that one slip of point of view by a writer can hurt a story badly, and several slips can be fatal.' Stein on Writing
Sol SteinMots clés writing-craft
Let your characters lead when you're dancing together.
Caron Kamps WiddenMots clés writing writing-craft writing-advice writing-life writing-process
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