- Book
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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
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I'm writing, it's because I'm trying to figure something out for myself. If I don't believe in what I've written, then how can I expect anyone else to believe in that, either?
- Shades
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I worry I'm writing 'Fifty Shades of Grey' for teenagers, but I'm not.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of my biggest goals, especially with writing YA novels, is just to have people enjoy reading.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're writing a book, you don't want it to be overly trendy because you want people to enjoy it for years and refer back to it.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was my fifth grade teacher who introduced the idea that writing could be more than a hobby for me.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In elementary school, I was always writing little plays for my friends to be in. I was much more of a director than a performer.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a journalist, being exposed to the world, to social injustice, to intolerance, growing up here, under apartheid, benefitting from that, has all shaped who I am and what my passions are, and of course that's going to come through in my writing.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
Paradoxically, the only thing that helps when I'm feeling despairing about writing is to write.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Holy cow - everything about writing a novel is hard for me.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It puzzles me when writers say they can't read fiction when they're writing fiction because they don't want to be influenced. I'm totally open to useful influence. I'm praying for it.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the texture of the play. For a writer, that's thrilling. That's when my pen flies.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is a sedentary gig unless one has a treadmill desk. But I have long believed writing and working out are complementary disciplines.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.
- Days
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- Nov 07, 2020
Becoming a tutor was among the many attractive post-collegiate side careers I failed to pursue while devoting the bulk of my days to writing fiction.
- She
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- Nov 07, 2020