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“There are nine-and-sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And every single one of them is right.”

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Rudyard Kipling was a British poet, short-story writer, and novelist, known for his works reflecting British imperialism and his experiences in India. His most famous works include 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim'. more

“There are three necessary elements in a story - exposition, development, and drama. Exposition we may illustrate as "John Fortescue was a solicitor in the little town of X"; development as "One day Mrs Fortescue told him she was about to leave him for another man"; and drama as "You will do nothing of the kind," he said.”

Men Kind May Littles Said Stories Three Development Drama One Day Elements Towns Crafts Another Man Little Towns Solicitors

Author:Frank O'Connor

“Character gives us qualities, but it is in our actions — what we do — that we are happy or the reverse.”

Giving Writing Humans Character Action Form Quality Misery Crafts Reverse Human Happiness

Author:Aristotle

“Tragedy is an imitation not only of a complete action, but of events inspiring fear and pity. Such an effect is best produced when the events come on us by surprise; and the effect is heightened when, at the same time, they follow as cause and effect. The tragic wonder will then be great than if they happened of themselves or by accident; for even coincidences are most striking when they have an air of design.”

Ifs Action Causes Wonder Happened Air Effects Events Design Tragedy Surprise Accidents Pity Crafts Tragic Imitation Coincidence Cause And Effect

Book:The Poetics of Aristotle

Source: The Poetics of Aristotle

“The beginning of human knowledge is through the senses, and the fiction writer begins where the human perception begins. He appeals through the senses, and you cannot appeal through the senses with abstractions.”

Humans Fiction Perception Senses Crafts Appeals Abstraction Fiction Writers Human Knowledge

Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“At the beginning of their careers many writers have a need to overwrite. They choose carefully turned-out phrases; they want to impress their readers with their large vocabularies. By the excesses of their language, these young men and women try to hide their sense of inexperience. With maturity the writer becomes more secure in his ideas. He finds his real tone and develops a simple and effective style.”

Men Want Needs Writing Trying Ideas Real Young Language Simple Careers Style Reader Men And Women Secure Crafts Maturity Young Man Phrases Tone Excess Impress Vocabulary Inexperience

Author:Jorge Luis Borges

“It's very difficult to read a book on your computer.”

Book Difficult Computer

Author:Paulo Coelho

“The only way of expressing emotion in the form of art is by finding an "objective correlative"; in other words, a set of objects, a situation, a chain of events which shall be the formula for that particular emotion; such that when the external facts, which must terminate in sensory experience, are given, the emotion is immediately evoked.”

Way Art Facts Form Given Emotion Situation Events Objects Particular Findings Art Is Objectives Crafts Chains Formulas Sensory Chain Of Events Expressing Emotions

Author:T. S. Eliot

“Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline you've forgotten. As someone said, one writes mainly to rewrite, for rewriting and revising are how one's mind comes to inhabit the material fully.”

Way Writing Mind Firsts Said Dark Rooms Materials Conversation Jokes Forgotten Crafts Rewriting Dark Room Revising Punchlines Overhearing

Book:The Literary Community: Selected Essays : 1967-2007

Source: The Literary Community: Selected Essays : 1967-2007

“Rewriting is like scrubbing the basement floor with a toothbrush.”

Writing Crafts Basements Rewriting Toothbrushes

Author:Peter Murphy

“So I made an outline. Well, you know, days are going by, and I am not writing anything because this thing is laid out in front of me. It's as if you get every brochure for a trip you are going to go on and you get the minutest details of every step along the way. Well, I really doubt you're going to then get in the car and go. You know, it's like, why bother if it's all laid out in front of you?”

Ifs Knows Way Writing Wells Made Steps Doubt Car Fronts Goes On Details Crafts Bother Outlines Every Step Why Bother Brochures

Author:Steve Tesich

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