- 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
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Storytelling is storytelling. Good stories need compelling characters and interesting conflicts. That's the bottom line no matter what medium you're writing for.
- Grasped
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- Nov 07, 2020
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
- Nov 07, 2020
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Weedflower' was already in the copyediting phase when I heard about the Newbery award, so it didn't really influence my writing of that book, but since then, I have become more aware of having an audience.
- Featured
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me, it's been a treat to interact with authors who were publishing when I was a young reader. Judy Blume once gave me a pep talk at a writing conference. I had a short story featured in the same anthology as Beverly Cleary. Magic.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
All writing is presumption, of course, since no one knows what it is like to be another human being.
- Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020
My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit.
- Routine
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a compulsive writer. I wish I could be compulsive about something. I have no regular writing routine.
- Bread
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's so great to be able to write from home. My bread is rising downstairs, and I'm upstairs writing. I have a writing room that my grandchildren consider one of their playrooms.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020