“When I finish a book, I'll go to that file and look through them. And I'll say, these are three that really excite me and I want to do them next. You have the business part; of those three, is the publisher excited about one? Is the agent?” WantLooksBookThreeNextExcitedAgentsPublishersFiles Author:Matt de la Pena
“Whenever I teach writing I tell them to never revise as you go. Finish the first draft. This is my writing advice. I can't do that myself. I'm lying to everybody. I write a paragraph, and then I rewrite that paragraph. I want to feel like I'm standing on firm ground before I move on to the next paragraph. Mentally, I have to do that.” WantFeelsWritingFirstsI CanMovingLyingNextTeachAdviceStandingFirmWriting AdviceParagraph Author:Matt de la Pena
“To me, if the writing doesn't have rhythm, it feels dead. I lose all confidence. The music has to emerge to feel confident enough to move on to the next major chapter.” IfsFeelsWritingEnoughMovingNextLosesMajorsRhythmChapters Author:Matt de la Pena
“When I'm there, it's pure silence. There are other writers there, too, and I get super competitive. I have this weird fear that some guy next to me is writing this amazing novel, so I got to compete.” WritingGuyNextSilenceNovelPure Author:Matt de la Pena
