“There's an old rule of theater that goes, 'If there's a gun on the mantel in Act I, it must go off in Act III.' The reverse is also true.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“We lie best when we lie to ourselves”
― It
― It
“If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose),
someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that’s
all. I’m not editorializing, just trying to give you the facts as
I see them.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that’s
all. I’m not editorializing, just trying to give you the facts as
I see them.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“The truth is that most writers are needy.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“I got a scribbled comment that changed the way I rewrote my fiction once and forever. Jotted below the machine-generated signature of the editor was this mot: “Not bad, but PUFFY. You need to revise for length. Formula: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft – 10%. Good luck.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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