- Nov 07, 2020
Writing Quotes
The craft and habit of writing.
This set covers a filmmaker tracing an early comedic style back to college years, and advice that writing something and deciding to publish it are two separate decisions entirely. For more on the finished product, see Book.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
For graduate school I ended up going to the University of Iowa, which is, of course, the best graduate writing program in the country.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a very nerdy reader in that I am as disciplined about my reading as I am about my writing.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once I got over the fear of writing female characters, it actually came quite easily and I was really happy with it. I just thought about girls I knew really, really well and I'd just have conversations with them and tried to relay how they talk about certain things.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've realized that I can't multitask in the writing department; I can only kind of do one thing at a time.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.
- Fiction Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that's what fiction writing is actually all about. It's about trying to solve problems in creative ways.
- Collectively
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that, in principle, a workshop is such a beautiful idea - an environment in which writers who are collectively apprenticed to the craft of writing can come together in order to collectively improve.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most applicants to creative writing programs submit stories about the angst of their suburban childhoods.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I miss my former teachers, John Hersey and James Alan McPherson. I would love to see either or both and ask what I could do to improve, to deepen my writing.
- Ring
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've watched 'Ringu' probably three or four times before writing the first draft of 'The Ring.' And then I'd seen 'Ringu 2' I think once.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
I see the author as the person who has written; the writer, the one involved in the process of writing. And they're not necessarily friends. The writer is the one I want to reinforce; the author would just feed on the reviews - so I'm in favour of starving him.
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- Nov 07, 2020