Reggi Dupree > Reggi's Quotes

“Let’s take, as an arbitrary measure, something that is between twenty and forty thousand words, long enough for a reader to inhabit a world or a consciousness and be kept there, short enough to be read in a sitting or two and for the whole structure to be held in mind at first encounter—the architecture of the novella is one of its immediate pleasures.”
― Sharon Oard Warner, Writing the Novella

“We live our lives without really asking ourselves what matters to us and why. Fortunately, writing—and reading—fiction allows us access to our deepest dilemmas.”
― Sharon Oard Warner, Writing the Novella

“There’s a little psychopath in all of us. I wear mine on my sleeve. Most people keep theirs buried. You just let yours out to play for a moment.” I grinned at her. “I liked her. Psycho Bliss with blood on her hands was sexy as hell.”
― Elle Thorpe, Half the Battle

“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Good writing starts strong. Not with a cliché (“Since the dawn of time”), not with a banality (“Recently, scholars have been increasingly concerned with the question of . . .”), but with a contentful observation that provokes curiosity”
― Steven Pinker, The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century

“Detective fiction highlights the brilliance of the mind while Horror emphasizes its flaws.”
― John Truby, The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works

“KEY POINT: This power to project is partly about being someone else. But Fantasy is mainly about being someone more.”
― John Truby, The Anatomy of Genres: How Story Forms Explain the Way the World Works

“Society thinks a woman should marry.” “Good thing I don’t live by what society thinks. Otherwise, I’d’ve married the lecherous old snake my grandfather tried to shackle me to when I was eighteen. Probably be out of the penitentiary by now though.”
― Beverly Jenkins, Wild Rain

“Writers are seldom original. But we can always be rare.”
― Allison K. Williams, Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book

“Find your voice, shout it from the rooftops, and keep doing it until the people that are looking for you find you.” — Dan Harmon”
― Austin Kleon, Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered