“I figure 1000 words a day, or four pages, and sometimes I'll write more, but I'll try not to. Because I think you don't want to exhaust what it is you're writing about, so the next day you would have to gear up for a brand new scene.” ThinkingWantWritingTryingSometimesNextFourFiguresScenePagesBrandsNext DayGearsBrand New Author:Carolyn See
“I don't think you think of your audience as much as you think, when you're revising, how it holds together. I mean I think the first draft is art, and the second draft, third, fourth draft is craft. Putting it together so that it has a good pattern.” ThinkingFirstsMeanArtTogetherAudienceThirdsPatternsCraftsFourthThink Of YouRevising Author:Carolyn See
“I don't know what people think they're trying to do with literary novels, but they're trying to do something. They're trying to change the world, although that's so crazy. That's just delusional. But I recognize that it's crazy. It will be a little dinky change.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldTryingLittlesNovelCrazyChanging The WorldDelusionalTrying To Change Author:Carolyn See
“It's my experience that you first feel the impulse to write in your chest. It's like falling in love, only more so. It feels like something criminal. It feels like unspeakably wild sex. So, think: When you feel the overpowering need to go out and find some unspeakably wild sex, do you rush to tell your mom about it?” ThinkingNeedsFeelsWritingFirstsFallSexMomFalling In LoveCriminalsImpulseChestsLike SomethingYour MomOverpowering Author:Carolyn See
