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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 two my-family
I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
writing journalism sometimes
The best journalism is sometimes about footnotes—when we write small to say something big. Anthony Shadid
writing way controversy
There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write. Ben Mezrich
writing emotional levels
When I started writing at 18 or 19, I had a fear of anything autobiographical, but I've come to realise that my writing is very autobiographical at the emotional level. Ben Marcus
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.
skills long honor
Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill. Brian Jacques
skills ambitious movement
I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill. Diane Cilento
skills president next
Mitt Romney, happens to have the exact skill set that the next president's going to require. Artur Davis
skills want towns
Meryl Streep's got talent, she's got skills. I'm sure she wants to be on 'Cougar Town,' right? Brian Van Holt
skills territory needs
To make money, to gather knowledge, to learn a new skill, to explore new territory, even to get from A to B - for all these things you need time. For almost everything you need time, except for one thing: to embrace the present moment. Eckhart Tolle
skills important done
To my knowledge, there have been no studies done on the effects of antidepressants and altitude. But it is hugely important to find out if there are side effects. We should also find out what are the effects on fine motor skills and reaction time. These are all important questions that should be assessed. Dale Archer
skills people popularity
My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people. Dale Carnegie
skills wish three
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
skills waiting spy
Waiting. Like it or not, it's a skill all spies have to master eventually. Ally Carter
stories
Any show I'm working on, I want the stories to always be about something, and to have the potential to be emotional. That's the kind of story that I like. Jason Katims
stories want cost
I'm not tied to budgets. I'm tied to the story that I want to tell, and how much it's going to cost is up to whatever the economic situation of the studio is. Brett Ratner
stories happens
Stories aren't the beauty of what did happen. They're the beauty of what could happen. Brad Meltzer
stories earth events
The birth of Christ is the central event in the history of the earth-- the very thing the whole story has been about. C. S. Lewis
stories ends
All you really have in the end are your stories. Burt Reynolds
stories research fantasy
How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all. Alan Dean Foster
stories next firsts
The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it. Charles Colson
stories ifs
I'll take any story if it's good. Bela Lugosi
stories said knows
All these lives," she said. "All the stories we never know." (125) Elizabeth Strout