![The basic rule [of writing] given us was simple and heartbreaking. A story to be effective had to convey something from the writer to the reader, and the power of its offering was the measure of its excellence. Outside of that, there were no rules.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-basic-rule-of-writing-given-us-was-simple-and-heartbreaking-a-story-to-be.jpg)
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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.
writing perfect
There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.
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
simple wish worthy
For now, I only wish to make a simple acknowledgement of the woman who held the power just before me. Of all of us who touched it, I feel she was the most worthy.
simple simplicity
The more simple we are, the more complete we become. Auguste Rodin
simple ideas usual
The Q I loathe and despise, the Q every single writer I know loathes and despises, is this one: 'Where,' the reader asks, 'do you get your ideas?' It's a simple question, and my usual response is a kind of helpless, 'I don't know.' Ayelet Waldman
simple important spontaneous
The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things. Brian Tracy
simple glasses looks
Putting on a new pair of glasses or sunglasses is a simple way to completely transform your look - just like a new hairstyle. Brad Goreski
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Be simple and reliable Jan Koum
simple names people
I tried to make it a simple as possible for people so they could pronounce my name. Jamie Farr
simple world ignored
The world’s not so simple anymore, I guess it never was. We ignored it, now we can’t. Branch Rickey
simple brain needs
In my Corgan brain, I've decided it's almost as simple as 'All you need is love.' Almost. Billy Corgan
offering giving citizens
We don't compete in the world by offering tax advantages to a few that we don't give to all our citizens and businesses Ed Miliband
offering product response
The response to our expanded product offering has been tremendous. Theresa Parker
offering quality matter
It doesn't matter what product or service you're offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything. Tom Peters
offering asking littles
In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much. The French are with equal advantage content, So we clap on Dutch bottoms just twenty per cent. George Canning
offering long fit
As long as they keep offering me some good parts and so forth - there are some parts out there that fit me pretty well - I'll keep going for a while. Robert Duvall
offering sincere
incorrect, wrong, shameful. ... I am now offering my sincere apologies. Wojciech Jaruzelski
offering able habit
Of offering more than what I can deliver, I have a bad habit, it is true. But I have to offer more than I can deliver, To be able to deliver what I do. Ken Kesey
offering shows turned-down
I've turned down shows offering large amounts of money. Kevin Hart
offering use ornaments
It isn't money itself that causes the trouble, but the use of money as votive offering and pagan ornament. Lewis H. Lapham