Quotes about writ
writing special firsts
There's a special gut-check moment the first time you write a scene in which somebody casts a spell. Lev Grossman
writing magician sequels
I never thought about doing a sequel when I was actually writing 'The Magicians.' I only ever considered it a standalone.
writing advice writing-advice
Don't take anyone's writing advice too seriously.
writing media scratches
Fanfiction is what literature might look like if it were reinvented from scratch after a nuclear apocalypse by a band of brilliant pop-culture junkies trapped in a sealed bunker. They don't do it for money. That's not what it's about. The writers write it and put it up online just for the satisfaction. They're fans, but they're not silent, couchbound consumers of media. The culture talks to them, and they talk back to the culture in its own language.
writing revolution january
[Vladimir] Lenin died in January, 1924; three months later [Joseph] Stalin expounded in writing Lenin's conception of the proletarian revolution. Leon Trotsky
writing technique cases
Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it.
writing records radio
We definitely set out to make a great 'radio' record. We set out to write great hooky choruses-but with verses that said something. LeAnn Rimes
writing inspire listening
Even listening to a lot of other music inspires me, too. Like I'll find something and be like, "I love this group!" And I want to write something that's kind of like this.
writing men letters
I had never thought of myself as a dramatist, and, for really good technical results, the thought came too late: a man of letters has become too wordy to write economically for the stage. Laurence Housman
writing years want
If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write.
writing play musician
I write and play music. I'd like to be a musician at some point. Laurence Fox
writing men fellow-man
Write me as one who loves his fellow men. Leigh Hunt
writing advice important
The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve. Lauren Tarshis
writing emotional harder
Writing is such a weird emotional thing. It's hard. If you sit down with a plan to write something, it's going to be harder. Lauren Miller
writing doors land
And they just slam the door. And they don't peek into that land any more. And they forget that teens and tweens are people, absolutely just as much as adults are. And their problems may play out on a smaller scale, but the things they go through are equally as valid as a CEO trying to figure out how to deal with a crisis at work. I just write for teens because I love 'em. Lauren Myracle
writing opposites ideas
Additionally, Liesl and Po is the embodiment of what writing has always been for me at its purest and most basic--not a paycheck, certainly; not an idea, even; and not an escape. Actually, it is the opposite of an escape; it is a way back in, a way to enter and make sense of a world that occasionally seems harsh and terrible and mystifying. (From the "Author's Note" at the end). Lauren Oliver
writing pages lasts
Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. Nicholas Sparks
writing goal made
In the end, for me, the sole single goal is to write the best novel that I can. Whether or not it gets made or gets purchased.
writing average challenges
It's easy to write something average or even something good. But writing well is quite challenging.
writing heart thinking
I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential at all.
writing hands white
If I tried to write long-hand, I suppose I'd never finish a novel. I edit too much as I write - the paper would be "white-out" and sharpie marks. Writing with a computer works for me, so I stick with it.
writing today process
I do labor - it's part of the process. Writing is no easier today than it was in the beginning: writing well is very hard to do. Always.
writing men voice
It doesn't matter to me whether I write in a man's voice or a woman's, or first or third person for that matter. Those choices come down to the story and I just go with it.
writing goal stories
I write 3-4 days a week, 4-5 hours at a time (with lots of breaks). My goal is 2000 words when I sit down to write and usually, I hit that, though it can take anywhere from 3-7 hours to get there. I usually know the basics of where the story is going, but the specifics just sort of come to me as I write.
writing priorities special
The prompting that goes unresponded to may not be repeated. Writing down what we have been prompted with is vital. A special thought can be lost later in the day through the rough and tumble of life. God should not, and may not, choose to repeat the prompting if we assign what is given such a low priority as to put it aside. Neal A. Maxwell
writing process very-deep
I get very deep into the writing and recording process. Natasha Bedingfield
writing cutting hamburgers
Neil Hamburger writes such cutting jokes. Natasha Leggero
writing want way
In writing for movies, you obviously want to resolve things and have a sense of completion at the end - in an ideal way. Mitch Glazer
writing careers whole
I love writing for and about women. In my whole career I have.
writing technology creating
Young people today have lots of experience ... interacting with new technologies, but a lot less so of creating [or] expressing themselves with new technologies. It's almost as if they can read but not write. Mitchel Resnick
writing stories hey
Writers need restrictions. If somebody just says, "Hey, do you want to write a novel, or an article, or a movie, or a short story, you get shut down." Mitchell Hurwitz
writing order challenges
We started writing the shows in order, and then very quickly had to jump to, "Oh, we got Tony Hale today and Jessica [Walter." We've got to jump ahead and write that stuff that's in Jessica's show. Fortunately, we knew the story, but it was challenging.
writing mean credit
The "executive producer" title either means that you're the person who created, or co-created, the show, or you're the person who's in charge of day-to-day operations. Whereas "producer" is often just a writing credit.