The 90-Day Novel Quotes

“Our willingness to write truthfully brings the story to life.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“There is a ruthlessness to the creative act. It often involves a betrayal of the status quo.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“Our job as writers is to be as curious as a child, to see things for the first time, and to never assume. We must always be willing to surrender our idea of the story to allow the larger story to emerge. We are seeking to understand the nature of things, the underlying forces at work.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” —ALBERT EINSTEIN”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“There can be great value in imagining our hero at the end of the story. When we have confidence in our destination we are more inclined to put our hero in jeopardy.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“We tend to worry that we can’t do it, that we will fail, that we are not educated enough, or talented enough, when the truth is that we are just scared.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“ourselves,”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“code, and”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“Take no care for your dignity.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“Continue to ask, “Why am I making this choice?” If an answer doesn’t reveal itself to you, trust your gut. There is much we are not supposed to know until after we’ve written the first draft.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“As we imagine the world of our story, we are putting our characters into situations that may cause us to question old beliefs. Through this process we are often forcing ourselves to explore the nature of dynamics we may have otherwise overlooked. This can be exhilarating, but also very tiring. We must be gentle with ourselves as we plow forward, and we must be conscious of this phenomenon lest we make meaning out of it. Fatigue, self-doubt, confusion: these are not indications that our project should be abandoned. We must keep exploring. The exhaustion is temporary.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel

“Creativity is not an occupation; it is our birthright.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel

“We can’t solve our hero’s problem in our heads. We just need to imagine him transformed at the end of the story. As we imagine, we are provided with all sorts of ideas and images that precede the ending.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“I can ask myself where this particular fear lives in the world of my story. The fear is there for a reason. When we begin to work with our doubts and fears, we grow as storytellers, recognizing that our circumstances are not overcome through force of will but by acceptance.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." — Albert Einstein”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“WRITING EXERCISES FOR TODAY: Write for five minutes, beginning with: 1) “My story is about…” 2) “What I want to express through this story is…” As your hero, write for five minutes, beginning with: 3) “If I were to describe myself, I would say that I am…” 4) “The most incredible thing I ever did was…” 5) “The turning point in my life was when…” 6) “Everything will make sense when…”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” —SYLVIA PLATH”
― Alan Watt, The 90-Day Novel: Unlock the story within