Quotes about Fiction writing

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Now the second common characteristic of fiction follows from this, and it is that fiction is presented in such a way tha — Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Commercial fiction writing – where my bread is buttered – is fairly straightforward. The writing is simply efficiency an — Joe Ducie
If you love somebody then tell them how you feel dont be scared of their reaction or rejection life is too short. you sh — Atul Purohit, Love Vs Destiny. . .the strange game of life!
I am often told that the model of balance for the novelist should be Dante, who divided his territory up pretty evenly b — Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
I don’t mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be d — Angelic Artiaga, SINFULLICIOUS
Without a doubt the two best words in the English language are The End — Ken Scott
Every book contains a secret – even the writer doesn't always know what it is. — Carla H. Krueger
Do what you love, especially if your sharing the word — Ann Simpson
He was always crazy about her. If he was a king then she was his crest– the emblem of his kingdom. Without her, his worl — Atri Cruizer, Present in Love
Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination. — Luke Taylor
It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do anything you can g — Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
Fiction must convince our bodies for it to have any chance of convincing our minds. — Bonnie Friedman, Writing Past Dark: Envy, Fear, Distraction and Other Dilemmas in the Writer's Life
Reading is fuel for the brain. Writing is fuel for the spirit... — Megan S. Johnston, Transition
The table was covered with food like roast chicken, roast potatoes, roast parsnips, roast turkey, roast liquorice and, t — Elias Zapple, Jellybean the Dragon
Inside a wool jacket the man had made a pocket for the treasure and from time to time he would jiggle the pocket, just t — Justin Dobbs
I keep being told that my writing is getting better and better. - Now, at first I am thrilled by that, but then I think, — Edward Fahey
She asserted that the best fictional detail was a chosen detail, not a remembered one - for fictional truth was not only — John Irving, A Widow for One Year
This whole show vs tell concept both bewilders and challenges my mind. — Davee Jones
To be stories at all they must be a series of events: but it must be understood that this series - the plot, as we call — C.S. Lewis, On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature