1,265 Quotes About Storytelling

Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment.

As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a smaller number of words.

If certain aspect needs to be inconsistent, it must better be consistently inconsistent throughout the story.

Story telling or teachable moments, provides us with a vast reference base of real life antidotes for possible future problems. They not only entertain and give us a resource of proven solutions, but they also help shape and mold our character. Therefore, when we don’t take our time to communicate with our kids, then we rob them of critical life lessons that we and our forefathers learn the hard way - lessons that they would needlessly have to learn through trial and error themselves.

In these story telling moments we equip our children, with crucial solution tools for life. To deprive them of these necessary teachable moments is like denying a carpenter the tools of his trade.

Don’t interrupt when your characters take a flight of their own.

Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet.

Good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, and so on. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart.

A writer can do without food for a few hours but not without the sight of books.