“Pace is crucial. Fine writing isn't enough. Writing students can be great at producing a single page of well-crafted prose; what they sometimes lack is the ability to take the reader on a journey, with all the changes of terrain, speed and mood that a long journey involves. Again, I find that looking at films can help. Most novels will want to move close, linger, move back, move on, in pretty cinematic ways.” WayWantWritingWellsLongSometimesEnoughHelpingFilmMovingAbilityNovelJourneyStudentsFineReaderPagesSpeedMoodProsePaceCrucialCinematicTerrainLong Journey Author:Rose Tremain
“The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all.” ProcessNovelExistentialismPanicExistentialEnjoyableRewriting Author:Rose Tremain
“The unfolding of a story is both as exciting and as difficult for each and every novel I've written, regardless of time and place.” StoriesDifficultNovelWrittenExcitingUnfoldingRehabilitation Author:Rose Tremain
“I can inhabit any character in a way that is difficult to do successfully in a contemporary novel.” WayI CanCharacterDifficultNovelContemporary Author:Rose Tremain
“Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general - as we all do in our dreams - I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female.” BelieveWellsCharacterDreamI BelieveLinesWalksNovelFemaleMalesOur Dreams Author:Rose Tremain
“A novel usually takes me two years. A year to research and plan and dream. Then a year to write.” WritingYearsTwoDreamNovelPlansResearchTwo YearsTake Me Author:Rose Tremain
