A dear and long-time friend,... asked me, "Jack, how long does it usually take you to write a book?" I replied, "Of course it depends on the project and its requirements, each book has its own rules. But for a statement to the world at large, once I've thought a book through and written it in my mind, it takes me around a week or so, depending on this and that, ordinarily at the rate of a chapter a day, but I've had some two-chapters day and some chapters have taken two days. And then of course there is revision, but around a week is about right." He seemed surprised, and I was surprised by his surprise, so I thought, maybe I'm wrong. I went home and wrote this book, at the perfectly normal pace of a chapter a day, as usual...
Jacob NeusnerTag: writing writing-craft
The idea that you might end up in a job that doesn't allow you to be who you are, over the course of a lifetime, is still one of the most chilling nightmares to me. It's a good metaphor for fears I have about losing my soul in some accidental, mundane way. So, to me, these jobs that my characters have are very loaded. They immediately suggest a complex character to me, a woman who is, say, a secretary, but also a vigilante on behalf of her own soul.
Miranda JulyTag: writing-craft occupations
The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting.
Arthur SchopenhauerTag: writing-craft literary-theory
Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.
C.S. LewisTag: writing writing-craft c-s-lewis till-we-have-faces
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A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.
Stephen KingTag: writing life-experience writing-craft
... 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.
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While I'm writing, I'm far away;
and when I come back, I've gone.
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Part of being a writer is defending your vision and not caving in to outside pressures.
Jennifer CrusieTag: writing-craft
I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page.
Nora RobertsTag: writing-craft
My rule is never save bits. They get in the way, and you don't think of anything new. Put 'em in. Make a big mess.
Gene WolfeTag: writing-craft
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