I tended to do anything as long as it felt like an adventure, and to stop when it felt like work. Which meant that life did not feel like work.
Neil GaimanTag: inspirational writing speech craft
...the making of stories is only one part of my craft -mainly, I'm a heart whisperer...
John GeddesTag: stories heart writer craft whisperer writer-quote
I believe when you integrate charity in your craft and not just think of the fame and riches it would entitle you with, you will feel this true sense of fulfillment. Carry on your mission, of where God destined you to be- to use His gifts in good ways and not just for yourself.
Elizabeth E. CastilloTag: craft charity elizabeth-e-castillo
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. MartinTag: writing writers writing-craft craft writers-on-writing writing-process gardener architect
Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream V. If I could have your attention for just a few moments, I'd like to go over the safety features of this aircraft. It has an engine, to make us go, and wings, to keep us in the air. There are seatbelts, which won't do you an awful lot of good if we fly into the side of a mountain.
Derek LandyTag: safety funny rules craft air plane fly tanith malifecent
The instruction here is not for every kind of writer - not for the writer of nurse books or thrillers or porno or the cheaper sort of sci-fi - though it is true that what holds for the most serious kind of fiction will generally hold for junk fiction as well. (Not everyone is capable of writing junk fiction: It requires an authentic junk mind. Most creative-writing teachers have had the experience of occasionally helping to produce, by accident, a pornographer. The most elegant techniques in the world, filtered through a junk mind, become elegant junk techniques.)
John GardnerTag: books writing fiction authors instruction craft craftsmanship pulp-fiction technique pulp how-to-write genre-fiction how-to-write-fiction low-brow
The solution, once revealed, must seem to have been inevitable. At least half of all the mystery novels published violate this law."
(Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel, 1949)
Tag: writing mysteries craft solution technique
The dilemma of the critic has always been that if he knows enough to speak with authority, he knows too much to speak with detachment."
(A Qualified Farewell)
Tag: writing insight craft critics detachment
It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous scene.
[An Invitation to Learning, January 1942]
Tag: writing sherlock-holmes craft excellence
Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep – it can't be done abruptly."
[Colm Tóibín, Novelist – Portrait of the Artist, The Guardian, 19 February 2013]
Tag: writing novels craft conclusion
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