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“Every man holds inspiration, you have to have a seeing eye.”

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“My vampire novel, The Vorbing, was written when I lived n Dublin, Ireland. There was a park across the road from me that had a bat colony in it. I'd be writing about vampires after midnight, and you'd hear the sonar clicks of the bats near the window outside. You could say I was a method writer.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“Don't mention your move before you make a move.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“Did you like my novel?" she couldn't resist asking. "Yes, I did. At first I thought it would be typical silver-fork fare. But I liked the way your well-bred characters began to unravel. I liked the portrayal of decent people moved to deception, violence, betrayal... you don't seem to shrink from anything in your writing." "Critics say my work is lacking in decency." "That's because your underlying theme- that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things in their private lives- makes them uncomfortable.”

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Book:Suddenly You

Source: Suddenly You

“Texting is not talking and a phone is not a friend.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“In general, poor is polite and rich is rude.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“A true admirer is also an artist.”

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Author:Aryan jain

“It is the sweat of the servants that make their squire look smart.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“The first line of a novel is the pinhead upon which the great structure will stand or fall.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“Seed becomes tree, son becomes stranger.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“In a democracy government is the God.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“State first, subject second, statesman last.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“Put aside all the things they deem "wrong" and simply write. Conscious writing comes from within, so at the end of the day, its your "word" not theirs.”

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Author:P.C. Clotter

“..feeling is the place every story starts.”

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Book:Techniques of the Selling Writer

Source: Techniques of the Selling Writer

“Routine ruins the life, variety vitalise the life.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“While I was in the research field in 1929, the idea of Jonah's Gourd Vine came to me. I had written a few short stories, but the idea of attempting a book seemed so big that I gazed at it in the quiet of the night, but hid it away from even myself in daylight.”

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Book:Dust tracks on a road

Source: Dust tracks on a road

“A true professional not only follows but loves the processes, policies and principles set by his profession.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“I'll call any length of fiction a story, whether it be a novel or a shorter piece, and I'll call anything a story in which specific characters and events influence each other to form a meaningful narrative. I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Then they find themselves writing a sketch with an essay woven through it, or an essay with a sketch woven through it, or an editorial with a character in it, or a case history with a moral, or some other mongrel thing. When they realize that they aren't writing stories, they decide that the remedy for this is to learn something that they refer to as "the technique of the short story" or "the technique of the novel." Technique in the minds of many is something rigid, something like a formula that you impose on the material; but in the best stories it is something organic, something that grows out of the material, and this being the case, it is different for every story of any account that has ever been written.”

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Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“Finding a balance between tradition and originality is essential; yet many writers struggle with it. Some aim for originality at any cost, ultimately confusing or frustrating their audience. Others, so fearful of deviating from established formulas, produce derivative and forgettable stories. The most successful works of modern times offer a unique take on classic themes, making their stories relevant to their generation.”

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Book:The Natural Laws of Story: Master the Art and Science of Engaging Narratives

Source: The Natural Laws of Story: Master the Art and Science of Engaging Narratives

“No matter how long a novel or how long a story, one sentence can give those novel's or story's knowledge .”

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Author:Tahsinur Rahman Shihan

“Odd details and unexpected points of view are the stuff of which vivid stories are made,”

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Book:Straight Man

Source: Straight Man

“The case of Ballantyne's The Coral Island is instructive, for the author had never seen a coral island, or, indeed, a palm tree, or a coconut, and his novel is a construction out of his reading of other books, some of which are pillaged to the point of plagarism. The textual bricolage is matched by the ironic presentation of the imperial values which it is generally assumed the book exists to promote: a pirate by the name of 'Bloody Bill' is allowed to articulate how useful religion is to the advancement of trade (and plunder).”

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Book:The International Companion to the Scottish Novel

Source: The International Companion to the Scottish Novel

“Novelist by day; screenwriter by night.”

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Author:Adrienne Posey

“Making a product is just an activity, making a profit on a product is the achievement.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“Just as writers rely on editors, they should be allowed to use AI tools to refine their books. If it is acceptable for a person to suggest better word, sentence, or even paragraph choices, then AI should also be allowed to contribute in similar ways. It can rephrase confusing sentences, recommend smoother vocabulary, or break up long passages to make the text easier to follow. For example, it might change “She quickly ran very fast to catch the bus” to “She ran to catch the bus.” The meaning remains the same, but the sentence becomes clearer and stronger.”

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Author:Mouloud Benzadi

“Hands can cook, hands can create, hands can kill. There is no better tool than our hands.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“Reading is like riding through a tunnel and coming out with a new landscape...”

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Author:Nanette L. Avery

“Yet as our North Bay strolls grew longer, sometimes wandering felt like pacing, adrift. I had no direction, only a romantic wish: to become a professional writer. But whatever terrain existed between my body and a body of work I might create seemed mysterious and vast, unknown. Most days, the sky was satin, markless blue. But below, fog hung like a suspended field of snow that never melted, the boundless dampness muting San Francisco’s lights. And the path to that summit of composing even one novel was invisible.”

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Book:Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

Source: Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir

“Action is the pulse of any good story, but the character is the heart. If the action has no consequence to the character, the story loses heart.”

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Author:Linda Yezak

“Who is better off? The one who writes to revel in the voluptuousness of the life that surrounds them? Or the one who writes to escape the tediousness of that which awaits them outside? Whose flame will last longer?”

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Author:Roman Payne

“Rich will be my life if I can keep my memories full and brimming, and record them on clear-eyed mornings while I set joyously to work setting pen to holy craft.”

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Book:Rooftop Soliloquy

Source: Rooftop Soliloquy

“Anything which you have in profusion is poison”

Source: Wealth of Words

“My spouse is my shield, my spouse is my strength.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“The world is administered by rich but it is constructed by poor.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“If the farmer is rich, then so is the nation.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“To a farmer dirt is not a waste, it is wealth.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“What luck has gave you will probably leave you.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“A good swordsman is more important than a good sword.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“Passion makes you good, but pride stops you to get better.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“You cannot choose your face but you can choose your dress.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“A professional who doesn't deliver as committed is not just lazy, he is a liar.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“For few matters you need to be solo, for some matters you need soul mate and for many matters you need society,”

Source: Wealth of Words

“An old fashioned outfit is not a costume, it's a comedy.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“Uniform of a soldier and uniform of a student both are equally needed for the nation.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“Brilliance of the brain must be admired more than beauty of the body.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“Words are better than weapons, wisdom is better than war.”

Source: Wealth of Words

“I don't have a name and I don't have a plot. I have the typewriter and I have white paper and I have me, and that should add up to a novel. (- Saroyan, when once asked the name of his next book.)”

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Author:William Saroyan

“Word choice does matter when you convey your message to a particular reader. The average reader will most likely read your written text if it is clear, meaningful and establishes a purpose.”

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Author:Saaif Alam

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