“I give this book 5 Stars and highly recommend it to all fiction, nonfiction, and poetry writers, aspiring writers, bloggers or journalists.” GivingBookStarsFictionJournalistNonfictionBloggersAspiring Writers Author:Sunny
“A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to write the truth and journalists are trying to write fiction.” WritingTryingReasonRealityLiteratureFictionDistanceJournalismJournalistNovelistsPettyFake People Book:Mornings in the dark: the Graham Greene film reader Source: Mornings in the dark: the Graham Greene film reader
“I'm a novelist, I'm not an activist. I'm not a non-fiction writer, I'm not a journalist. I'm not a foodie, I'm not even really an animal person, or an environmentalist. I did the best I could with this, but it's not who I am.” PersonsAnimalFictionWho I AmJournalistNovelistsActivistNon FictionFiction WritersEnvironmentalist Author:Jonathan Safran Foer
“As a journalist, I would talk to writers, directors, creative people, and discover that for an awful lot of them, the moment they became successful, that was all they were allowed to do. So you end up talking to the bestselling science-fiction author who wrote a historical-fiction novel that everybody loved, but no one would publish.” PeopleEndsMomentsFictionTalkingNovelCreativeSuccessfulDirectorsScience FictionHistoricalAwfulJournalistHistorical FictionPublishCreative PeopleFiction Novels Author:Neil Gaiman
“The training of a journalist, of working with words for thousands of hours, is extraordinarily useful for a fiction writer.” HoursFictionTrainingJournalistFiction Writers Author:Tom Rachman
“In a sense, journalism can be both helpful and detrimental to a writer of fiction because the kind of writing you need to do as a journalist is so different. It has to be clear, unambiguous, concise, and as a writer often you are trying to do things that are more ambiguous. I find that writing fiction is often an antidote to reading and writing too much journalism.” NeedsWritingTryingKindDifferentReadingFictionClearToo MuchJournalismJournalistHelpfulAntidoteAmbiguousWriting FictionReading And WritingDetrimentalConcise Author:Aravind Adiga
“There's something very strange about associating me with that prize. I had hoped for it in a more directed way as a journalist. Somehow as a journalist you know there are Pulitzers out there and you can work hard and get one. To win it for Fiction seems unbelievable.” KnowsWayHardSeemsWinningFictionStrangeHard WorkJournalistPrizeUnbelievable Author:Jennifer Egan
“The professions of novelist and journalist are very separate. As a novelist, you are ultimately working for yourself. Yes, you need the approval of a publisher and an audience, but what is valued in fiction writing - style, individual voice, insight - is scorned by the editor who is combing through your newspaper article.” NeedsWritingIndividualVoiceFictionAudienceStyleInsightProfessionNewspapersJournalistNovelistsEditorsArticlesApprovalPublishersFiction WritingWriting StyleScorned Author:Jon Weisman
“Sometimes journalists ask me, "What's the message?" There is no message. I think that fiction should not be trying to give messages. Just tell a story.” ThinkingGivingShouldTryingSometimesStoriesAsksFictionMessagesJournalistAsk Me Author:Isabel Allende
“I had two competing ambitions when I was a child: I wanted to be a Scientist and Discover Great Things, but I also wanted to be an Author and Write Great Things. I've always tried to combine the analytical with the creative, to some extent or another, because I find it hard to do one without the other. I've worked as a tech journalist, social media consultant, and now am self-publishing fiction.” WritingChildrenTwoSelfHardWantedSocialFictionCreativeMediaAmbitionScientistSocial MediaGreat ThingsJournalistPublishingCompetingConsultants Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“Though I later found a career as a journalist and an essayist, fiction is my first love and I never left it, even though there was no easy way to make a living from it.” WayFirstsFoundLeftEasyFictionCareersJournalistFirst LoveEasy WayEssayists Author:Andrew Lam