“The story is the only thing that's important. Everything else will take care of itself. It's like what bowlers say. You hear writers talk about character or theme or mood or mode or tense or person. But bowlers say, if you make the spares, the strikes will take care of themselves. If you can tell a story, everything else becomes possible. But without story, nothing is possible, because nobody wants to hear about your sensitive characters if there's nothing happening in the story. And the same is true with mood. Story is the only thing that's important.” IfsWantWritingPersonsImportantCharacterStoriesCareHappeningsTake CareStrikesMoodThings HappenSensitiveThemeSparesTenseBowlers Author:Stephen King
“The integrity of the subtle body is totally important. As the subtle body wears, we get sick. That is why, eventually, the body dies - it's because something happens to the subtle body.” ImportantBodyHappensDiesIntegritySickThings HappenSubtle Author:Frederick Lenz
“It's very important, at least to me as a writer, that there be some rules on the table when I'm writing. Rules come from genres. You're writing in a genre, there are rules, which is great because then you can break the rules. That's when really exciting things happen.” WritingImportantHappensBreakExcitingTablesThings HappenGenreExciting Things Author:Lev Grossman
“To avoid having bad things happen, learning to manage your anger and to actually share how you really feel about something, and get it behind you is one of the most important aspects of growing up.” FeelsImportantHappensBehindsGrowing UpGrowingShareAspectThings HappenManageBad ThingsBehind YouBad Things Happen Author:William J. Clinton