“The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanically to get a feel of the action.” FeelsWritingFirstsPlayActionMovingActorsDirectorsBonesRehearsalSkeletons Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“I can never understand why people who have not seen me for a while ask if I am still writing. They might as well ask me if I am still breathing.” PeopleIfsWritingWellsStillsI CanMightAsksBreathingAsk Me Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“Anyone of any age, any race, any background, any education - if they write an interesting enough book - can become a published author. What it takes is imagination, the ability to put words on a paper in an interesting, perhaps even unique way, the fortitude to rewrite, rewrite, rewrite, and polish, edit, polish, edit until the story sort of sings. I think everyone has a story inside him, but only a few have the persistence and, of course, the interest, to write it down and see it through.” ThinkingWritingBookEnoughAgeInterestImaginationAbilityInterestingUniquePersistenceFortitude Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do.” ThinkingWorldWritingI CanOccupation Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
