“Great writers are indecent people – they live unfairly, saving the best part for paper. – Charles Bukowski “The photographer frames the shot, writers frame their world.” – Jeanette Winterson “We are like Kafka’s Hunger Artist, performing astonishing feats for a nonexistent audience.” – T. Coraghessan Boyle “Writers write while dreamers procrastinate.” – Besa Kosova “TheContinue reading “5 Great Quotations about ‘What is a Writer?’”
Monthly Archives: October 2020
What Makes a Story Character Interesting?
What makes an interesting story character for the ages? It’s more than just having them grow or learn something, and it’s more than just having them being be like a real person. While each of those qualities are important, they are no more than a tree or two when you’re looking for a forest. Let’s supposeContinue reading “What Makes a Story Character Interesting?”
5 Great Quotations about Theme
“All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world.” – E.B. White “Throughout the ages, stories with certain basic themes have recurred over and over, in widely disparate cultures; emerging like the goddess Venus from the sea of our unconscious.” – Joan D. VingeContinue reading “5 Great Quotations about Theme”
5 Great Quotations about Storytelling
“The more stories I study, the more I begin to suspect that there is only one story, and that we are, all of us, engaged in telling it.” – J. Aleksandr Wootton “Create a character with an obsession, then follow.” – Ray Bradbury “When modern writers gave up telling stories, they gave up the greatest thingContinue reading “5 Great Quotations about Storytelling”