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“Far better to give your readers some hints and then allow them to fill in the blanks for themselves. This”
― Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
― Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to Edit Yourself Into Print
“There are no new plots, but there are plenty of fresh new characters with whom you can grab the reader. Characterization is the key to successful commercial fiction. Characterization starts with goal, motivation, and conflict. Character”
― GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict
― GMC: Goal, Motivation and Conflict
“(There is a saying among women scientists who attend highly specialized engineering universities, where the girl-to-guy ratio is decidedly in their favor: “The odds are good, but the goods are odd.”)”
― The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest To Understand, Enhance and Empower the Mind
― The Future of the Mind: The Scientific Quest To Understand, Enhance and Empower the Mind
“A well-thought-out story doesn’t need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story.”
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“There was no more meaningless phrase in all of language than "Cheer up!" The only way to get someone to cheer up was to help them forget, and saying "cheer up" had quite the opposite effect, only reminding the person why he or she was depressed in the first place.”
― Spiral
― Spiral
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A group for people who enjoy literature written by Japanese authors, the arts, culture, and history of Japan. This month we have our group read and ...more
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