Scott Westerfeld
Scott Westerfeld
Scott David Westerfeldis an American writer of young adult fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth5 May 1963
CityDallas, TX
CountryUnited States of America
honesty lying eyebrows
She turned to Frizz. "So you understand the problem? You can't let Tally know about Radical Honesty. There's no telling what she'll do if she finds out you could ruin her plans." Frizz's eyebrows rose. "So let me get this straight, Aya-chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" "We need another plan," Hiro said.
lying want facts
Let me get this stright, Aya-Chan. You want me, a person who can't lie, to lie about the fact that I can't lie?" -Frizz mizuno
lying mad never-lie
Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.
lying i-love-him voice
It's not the way Zane looks, David," she said, her voice trembling with anger. "It's because he makes me bubbly, and because we took a lot of risks together. It could just as easily be me lying there, and he would stay with me if it was." "It's just programming!" "No. It's because I love him.
lying form spokes
The lie took form as she spoke, pulling on as many strands of truth as it could reach.
truth lying sometimes
I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.
scene
Sometimes you have to delete characters from a scene just to keep from overcrowding the image.
stickers
Warning stickers on books would be a nightmare.
basically found great historical lots thesaurus
I found a great book called 'Slang Through the Ages' by Jonathon Green. It's basically a thesaurus of historical slang, and had lots of great old uses.
mostly narrative ninety people percent smart stuff talking until
Ninety percent of the research comes first. I mostly blunder around reading stuff and talking to smart people until an idea batters or oozes its way through to my narrative brain.
becomes common enters term
When the term 'machine gun' enters common parlance, the word 'machine' becomes much more sinister.
chapters pictures wrote
When I finish a first draft, I often look back at first chapters I wrote and laugh at them. They're like pictures of yourself in middle school. You're embarrassed to see them.
love
We don't always get to choose what we love.
best creates listed people saying
I think any List of Best X creates arguments and people saying 'You listed that rubbish?' That's what lists like this are for.