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
home way fma
Her only way home was to betray her friend.
thinking way becoming
Becoming pretty doesn't just change the way you look," she said. "No," David said. "It changes the way you think.
band way mysterious
Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to.
way faults
It's just the way things are." she shrugged. "It's no one's fault." "Or everyone's.
survival way should
Perhaps it's worth saying again: One reader's discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader's survival.
way destruction destroying
You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.
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.