The Easy Way to Write Horror That Sells Quotes

“And let's face the reality: there will always be people around who don't like what you do. But there will also be readers out there that think you're fabulous. Seek them out. Write for them.”
― Rob Parnell, The Easy Way to Write Horror That Sells

“If you wrote something for which someone sent you a check, I consider you talented." Stephen King”
― Rob Parnell, The Easy Way to Write Horror That Sells

“Self-doubt is the writer's natural enemy. It stalks you constantly, no matter how successful you become. It's like an unwanted guest that comes to stay – and never leaves. Don't fear it. Embrace it. Let it worry at you because, without self-doubt, you have no inner critic – that part of your brain that knows when you've done a good job and when you haven't.”
― Rob Parnell, The Easy Way to Write Horror That Sells

“It's okay for you to take your time, as long as you keep returning. As long as, word by word, you keep creating the work that will one day soon become your novel.”
― Rob Parnell, The Easy Way to Write Horror That Sells

“Write and, as you write, be aware that you are the only person that can tell the story you want to relate. No one else can do it. You're alone – and the fate of your characters' world rests in your hands. Without you they will cease to exist, their world will crumble. To them, you are God. What kind of god lets his creations, his stories, suffer, fade away and go unresolved?”
― Rob Parnell, The Easy Way to Write Horror That Sells

“There’s no point at all in constantly improving the first chapter of a book that may never get written.”
― Rob Parnell, The Easy Way to Write Horror That Sells

“Writing horror fiction is not always about describing the horrific. It's about finding what scares you, what forces you to look into the abyss, and writing about that.”
― Rob Parnell, The Easy Way to Write Horror That Sells