“I try to write in the morning when I'm working on a novel. You get up, you have breakfast, you read the paper, you make a couple of phone calls, and then you sit on the couch and start. I use felt pen and white notepaper.” WritingTryingUseFeltWhiteMorningNovelCouplePaperPhonesGet UpPensBreakfastCouchesPhone Calls Author:Carolyn See
“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 notice that I only publish once every four years. It takes a couple of years to write a book and then, for me, for one reason or another, it usually takes about a year of sort of dicking around before I start up. I write a review or little magazine pieces and touring with the other book. But mainly it's just you're not ready, I'm not ready to start another. You're just not up for it.” WritingYearsLittlesBookReasonPiecesFourReadyCoupleMagazinesReviewsFour YearsPublishTouringNot Ready Author:Carolyn See
“Every word a woman writes changes the story of the world, revises the official version.” WorldWritingStoriesWomenVersionsOfficials 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
