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writing important scene
I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them. Brandon Sanderson
writing way controversy
There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. Ben Mezrich
writing reader
The best writing is not about the writer, the best writing is absolutely not about the writer, it's about us, it's about the reader. Ben Okri
writing night awake
I know I have to write about the things that keep me awake at night. Barbara Kingsolver
writing thinking talking
If you're writing, you're a writer. If you're talking about it or thinking about it, I'm not so sure. Writing is ninety-eight percent work and two percent magic. Barbara Kingsolver
writing perfect
There is no perfect time to write. There is only now. Barbara Kingsolver
writing habit latter
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter. Barbara Mertz
writing names wave
We write our names in the sand: and then the waves roll in and wash them away. Augustus
writing thinking secret
The secret to being a writer is that you have to write. It's not enough to think about writing or to study literature or plan a future life as an author. You really have to lock yourself away, alone, and get to work. Augusten Burroughs
novel reader
She had always been an unashamed reader of novels ... Barbara Pym
novelists footnotes
Novelists never have to footnote. Jane Smiley
novel heard eighty
Eighty percent of all novels are bought by women, or so I've heard. Bonnie Jo Campbell
novels people
All my novels are about people who strive to heal and evolve. Michel Faber
novel exception
Almost without exception, my novels are rooted in Israel because that's the place I know well. Amos Oz
novelists lessons
The lesson you have to learn as novelist is how to be collaborative, and how to say, "I don't get to dictate this." Tom Perrotta
novelists poet ifs
If you tell a novelist, 'Life's not like that', he has to do something about it. The poet simply replies, 'No, but I am.' Philip Larkin
novelists function comment
The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it. Frank Norris
novelty literature advantage
Being a novelty had its advantages. Jessica Savitch
knows learn listen tried
As a player, you want to listen to her. She's been there. She knows. She knows the scenarios. We've just tried to listen and learn and execute. Sarah Elliott
knows man shrewd wise
A wise man knows everything.A shrewd one, everybody. Old Proverb
knows people signing stay thinking
People are thinking about signing up at gyms, and everyone knows people make commitments and don't stay to them. Mike Greene
knows piece puzzle supplies team total
This is a total team effort, ... Everyone knows they are just one piece in the puzzle of getting supplies to victims, and they all know how important it is. Mike Post
knows
To understand a science it is necessary to know its history. Auguste Comte
knows
I know Obama, I like Obama, I voted for Obama. Alan Dershowitz
knows
I don't know what it is I exude. But whatever it is, it's whatever I am! Janet Leigh
knows ifs
If you don't know what to do, don't do anything. Desi Arnaz
knows
Tell it to everyone you know, but pretend you're kidding. Daniel Handler