Dialogue is not just a quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustment of blouse buttons, doodles on a napkin, and crossings of legs.
Jerome Stern
Author: Susan Uhlig
What I have come to understand is that clarifying intention happens through a process of discovery; the more you write the clearer all your characters intentions become.
Shutta Crum
What I have come to
You should be able to expose the spine of the story in one core sentence.
Norma Fox Mazer
You should be able to
Rejection is an unavoidable part of a writer’s life. In fact, the more diligently we pursue our writing dreams, the more we increase our chances of being rejected.
Ashley Franklin
Rejection is an unavoidable part
A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic.
Carl Sagan