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- 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
- Garden
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many fantasy novels - 'Lord of the Rings', for instance, or 'Lavondyss' by Robert Holdstock - are beautifully written. Geoff Ryman's 'The Child Garden' is exquisite and utterly beguiling. Mervyn Peake's 'Gormenghast' trilogy is an astonishing piece of multi-faceted storytelling. So quality of writing does not condemn the genre.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it.
- Extrovert
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- Nov 07, 2020
Directing is extrovert and gregarious; writing is isolating, introverted, and lonely.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have been writing since I was about 20, and at first I wrote in secret and never showed anybody. I was very concerned about making a living, so I conducted.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been doing my big theater projects, which take years, and writing a song here and there.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that's fine.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the stories come easily and the writing process doesn't feel laboring, that's usually a good sign for me.
- Lens
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- Nov 07, 2020
My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.
- Curiosity
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some ways, writing a novel, especially a novel set in the past and about characters who once lived, is about amassing enough details and arranging them properly in order to offer the reader a verisimilitude that satisfies his or her curiosity about the story at hand.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020