40 Quotes About Writing-fiction

"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."

"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."

"If you think there is no time to write now, there will never be."

"Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time."

"Now the second common characteristic of fiction follows from this, and it is that fiction is presented in such a way that the reader has the sense that it is unfolding around him. This doesn't mean he has to identify himself with the character or feel compassion for the character or anything like that. It just means that fiction has to be largely presented rather than reported. Another way to say it is that though fiction is a narrative art, it relies heavily on the element of drama."