“here are the top three global resources getting scarcer in the twenty-first century: ozone layer, rain forest, people eager to read the fiction of others. That's right, folks. For the first time in I believe written history, there are far more fiction writers on earth than fiction readers.” PeopleFirstsBelieveBookEarthThreeReadingI BelieveFictionWrittenCenturyReaderResourcesFirst TimeRainTwentiesFolksForestsLayersBook ReadingFiction WritersOzoneOzone LayerWritten History Book:A Year in Van Nuys Source: A Year in Van Nuys
“The times are so peculiar now, so mediaeval so unreasonable that for the first time in a hundred years truth is really stranger than fiction. Any truth.” WorldYearsFirstsWarReasonTruthFictionTruth IsHundredFirst TimeStrangerWar Of The WorldsPeculiarWorld War IiWorld War IUnreasonableStranger Than Fiction Book:Wars I have seen Source: Wars I have seen
“That is as true for fiction or non-fiction. The writer has to really know their subject. It is really important to remember that the readers are a lot smarter than the writer. Also, good writing has to do with rewriting. You will never get it right the first time. So you rewrite and rewrite again until you get it right. Until you, and the reader, will be able to visualize what you're writing about.” KnowsWritingFirstsImportantAbleRememberFictionSubjectsReaderFirst TimeSmarterNon FictionGood WritingRewriting Author:Michael Scott
“What fiction and art can do, particularly narrative art, is construct consciousness - in a sense, we have to do it for the first time, every time.” FirstsArtCan DoConsciousnessFictionArt IsFirst TimeNarrativeConstructsNarrative Art Author:Aleksandar Hemon
“The first time I took a fiction writing class was sophomore year. And I just found myself taking that extremely seriously, in a way that I didn't take anything else seriously. So I guess that was the start of it.” WayWritingYearsFirstsFoundFictionClassFirst TimeFiction WritingSophomoreSophomore Year Author:John Brandon