What To Read When You’re Writing – Terry Pratchett QUOTES FOR WRITERS
If you are going to write, say, fantasy – stop reading fantasy. You’ve already read too much. Read other things; read westerns, read history, read anything that seems interesting, because … Continue reading
Authors really only like one kind of character – Terry Pratchett QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
For an author, the nice characters aren’t much fun. What you want are the screwed up characters. You know, the characters that are constantly wondering if what they are doing … Continue reading
Leap into another world – ART FOR WRITERS
No, I’m not going to say anything. You’re on your own for this one. It’s whatever you want it to be. Just write. Make yourself write if you’re out of … Continue reading
What fantasy can do for you – Terry Pratchett QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Terry Pratchett
Fantasy doesn’t have to be fantastic said Terry Pratchett Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
Fantasy doesn’t have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet on the ground as much as your head … Continue reading
Terry Pratchett on books and writing Quotes for Writers ( and people who like quotes)
Too many people want to have written. Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one. The space between the young readers eyeballs and the printed page is a holy … Continue reading
Terry Pratchett on old women and misleading covers — quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers… this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted. Terry Pratchett photo credit: donielle via … Continue reading
Getting pigeon-holed by Dragons – TERRY PRATCHETT Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
We categorize too much on the basis of unreliable assumption. A literary novel written by Brian Aldiss must be science fiction, because he is a known science fiction writer; a … Continue reading
What IS on a school reading list…..? I found Pratchett and Adams and that the old reading lists have been ditched
Following on from yesterday’s post about what I would choose to go on a school reading list, I did a little internet research to find out what is actually on … Continue reading
What book would you put on a school reading list?
E.A.M Harris blogs about reading and writing and her latest post has set me thinking. She is in the middle of a 30 day book challenge that forces participants to … Continue reading
