Think about your first ten pages as being all about: Who is my character? How do I reveal my character as best as I possibly can?
Shonda Rhimes
Author: Susan Uhlig
Your only responsibility as a writer is to be true to the story that has chosen you as its writer.
Jean Litte
Your only responsibility
Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing.
Melinda Haynes
Forget all the rules
Tell the story that’s been growing in your heart, the characters you can’t keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into your head during your daily commute, that wakes you up in the morning.
Jennifer Weiner
Tell the story that’s been
Conflict is what makes the storytelling wheels go round.
Jessica Brody