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writing order should-have
First, I do not sit down at my desk to put into verse something that is already clear in my mind. If it were clear in my mind, I should have no incentive or need to write about it. We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. C. S. Lewis
writing description delightful
Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description.
writing youth access
I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness. Catullus
writing guitar eight
So, once I get writing I really try and put five to eight hours a day in my room with a guitar to really try and come up with stuff that feels interesting enough to me to keep it. Catie Curtis
writing solitude needs
I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write.
writing people stories
I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing. Cecelia Ahern
writing creative feelings
I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative than typing, and it's a more visual process for me - I can picture the entire scene in my head and am merely writing what I see.
writing mystery
I would love to write a mystery - a romantic, funny mystery.
writing night space
I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.
fiction heard legal people seen
People have always heard voices. Sometimes they're called shamans, sometimes they're called mad, and sometimes they're called fiction writers. I always feel lucky that I live in a culture where fiction writing is legal and not seen as pathology. Ruth Ozeki
fiction generally nonfiction spend time
Generally, I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy. Peter Morgan
fiction lives nature quite since stuff wonder writers
I wonder if it's in the nature of fiction writers to never quite see their own lives as 'real,' since we are always making stuff up! Julia Glass
fictional finally fits history politics return totally
I was totally absorbed in the real world, the politics, the history, the news, and I just couldn't find my way into the fictional world... When I finally could return to writing the novel, it was in fits and starts. David Guterson
fiction fictional future science sure tools
When I think about myself as a writer, for sure I am a science fiction writer. The tools of extrapolation, the tools of anticipating the future - those are science fictional questions. Paolo Bacigalupi
fiction hard tendency weakness
I have a tendency to embellish: I think it's a weakness of fiction writers. Once you know how to make a story better, it's hard not to do it all the time. Sarah Dessen
fiction overall
I think it has science-fiction elements, but I would say that overall it's a mystery. Shaun Cassidy
fiction type inferiors
There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them. David Morrell
fiction plausible
Implausible truth can serve one better than plausible fiction David Mitchell
grades homework pushed sure target
We're very pushed to have our grades on target so we can play. We have to make sure all our homework is done. Sandra Ford
grades lower quality top
The quality of the bauxite is lower than the top grades in Australia, but it's much better than those in China.
grades learning light testing
We are going to know what is going on with learning in grades 3 to 8, and we are testing for that, so the light will shine.
grades mom money sell third
My mom and I would make bracelets and necklaces, and I would sell it in the first, second, and third grades because that was my lunch money. Nikki Reed
grades knows
That's what it's all about. No one knows what's going on right away. You don't know grades or transfers or graduations, so that's why we play these games.
grades harmony kinds ninth second sent studied study tech
My grades weren't what they should have been, so they sent me back to the ninth grade. I was glad, because I wanted to study music, and Cass Tech was second only to Juilliard. We studied all kinds of music, harmony and orchestration. Gerald Wilson
grades university
I applied for the University of Life. Didn't get the grades. David Nicholls
grades parental
It's really a parental choice. If my son's grades aren't up to par, he doesn't go to tournaments and sometimes he doesn't participate in sports.
grades judging matter people percent
These people are going to be judging you, and no matter what I say, these grades are going to be final. I need all of your attention. I need 120 percent of your effort.