Toni Morrison in her own words QUOTES FOR WRITERS
You are your own stories and therefore free to imagine and experience what it means to be human without wealth. What it feels like to be human without domination over … Continue reading
Could you give a bad ending to a good character? Kate Atkinson’s views might be a bit unfashionable…QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a … Continue reading
If you want to write a story you only have one goal…
‘Good story’ means something worth telling that the world wants to hear. Finding this is your lonely task…But the love of a good story, of terrific characters and a world … Continue reading
Do all this and “it doesn’t matter a damn how well you write” – Somerset Maugham QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how well you write. Somerset Maugham
…how to choose the form your story will take…Doris Lessing QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
I see every book as a problem that you have to solve. That is what dictates the form you use. It’s not that you say, ‘I want to write a … Continue reading
“…A story is how we construct our experiences…” Doris Lessing QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Humanity’s legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story is how we construct our experiences. At the … Continue reading
“Every fictional plot contains hints and traces of the stories it has excluded…” Susan Sontag QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Every fictional plot contains hints and traces of the stories it has excluded or resisted in order to assume its present shape. Alternatives to the plot ought to be felt … Continue reading
You have to follow what the book needs says E.A.Bucchianeri Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
…The Book is more important than your plans for it. You have to go with what works for The Book – if your ideas appear hollow or forced when they … Continue reading
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 