75 Quotes by Sara Sheridan about Writing
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Most people do a good deal of whatever they do motivated by love. For me, few stories are truly complete without it.
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Very often the characters people respond best to have little parts of reality they can relate to.
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Whereas Mirabelle is tall, thin and sad, Vesta is physically and emotionally her opposite.
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While what I write is always largely consistent with the records that remain I freely admit that where historical fact proves a barrier to invention, I simply move a detail a little one way or another.
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Being able to read well in public and talk about your work in an engaging fashion is part of most writers' job specification.
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As a historical novelist, there are few jobs more retrospective.
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I realised early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job.
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The financial value put on the job of the writer and the misconceptions around that make it extremely difficult to enter the profession.
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Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going to come from another writer one or two rungs on the career ladder ahead of you.
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