BRIDGET WHELAN writer

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Good prose is more muscle than fat, says Ursula Le Guin QUOTES FOR WRITERS

Adjectives and adverbs are good and rich and fattening. The main thing is not to overindulge … I would recommend to all storytellers a watchful attitude and a thoughtful, careful … Continue reading →

September 15, 2019 · 2 Comments

Sometimes the less the writer knows about his story the better says Dermot Bolger – Quotes for Writers (and for people who like quotes)

Sometimes the less we know about what will happen in a work of fiction, the better off we are. Because the more we know about what happens next, the more … Continue reading →

September 6, 2015 · 5 Comments
flash fiction

Music and narrative in Flash Fiction – TANIA HERSHMAN Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)

(Flash fiction) is a form that balances on the flimsy boundary between short story and poem. For me, a flash story must feel like it is on the side of … Continue reading →

January 25, 2015 · 1 Comment
Quotations for Writers (and people who like quotations) JOHN UPDIKE

Quotations for Writers (and people who like quotations) JOHN UPDIKE

A narrative is like a room on whose walls a number of false doors have been painted; while within the narrative, we have many apparent choices of exit, but when … Continue reading →

December 2, 2012 · Leave a comment

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