“I am always amazed by the novel angles that people come up with for kids' Christmas books. Even if a family is not religious, who could resist, say, "Olive, the Other Reindeer," about Olive the dog who thinks the song refers to her and heads for the North Pole to help Santa out?” PeopleIfsThinkingBookHelpingKidsSongReligiousNovelDogCome UpAmazedAngleSantaOlivesNorth PoleReindeer Author:Jabari Asim
“Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to 6 months to come up with a story.” ThinkingStoriesNextNovelMonthsCome UpCompleting Author:Nicholas Sparks
“At the beginning of the project, I wasn't certain that I could come up with an engaging storyline and cast of characters in this world, so I had a strong bias toward actually writing, and worrying about research later. In other words, I was afraid that I'd devote a year or two of my life to grinding through Kant and Husserl, then discover that there simply was no novel to be written here.” WorldWritingYearsTwoCharacterCertainStrongWorryNovelWrittenThis WorldProjectsResearchCastsCome UpBiasEngagingStoryline Author:Neal Stephenson
“For me writing is an organic process that starts with engaging the language and then thinking about the structure of the novel as you move along. Especially in revision you start to notice correlations. Things come up, not self-consciously, because you're busy feeling your way through sentences and trying to push the language into new places.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingSelfFeelingsMovingLanguageProcessNovelStructureBusyCome UpSentencesEngagingRevisionCorrelationNew Places Author:Dana Spiotta
“What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters.” ThinkingKnowsWritingKindCharacterStuffNovelCome Up Author:Carol Burnett
“The idea to make hotel reviews the form of the novel came first. So I just started writing hotel reviews and tried to come up with a consistent voice.” WritingFirstsIdeasFormVoiceNovelCome UpConsistentHotelReviews Author:Rick Moody
“I feel like I have a lot of novel ideas, but they often come up while I'm already in the process of working on a book. You have to watch out with the slutty new idea.” FeelsBookIdeasProcessWatchesNovelCome UpNew Ideas Author:Matt de la Pena
“As a matter of fact, I constantly tell audiences all over the world that the single greatest icon of American culture from the publication of "To Kill A Mockingbird" was that novel so that if we say, what conversation can we have that would lead us on a road of tolerance, and teachers have decided that if you're going to teach values in a school in America, the answer that American teachers at all kinds of schools have come up with, just let Harper Lee teach "To Kill A Mockingbird." And then all the teacher has to do is stand back and guide the discussion.” IfsWorldKindMatterFactsSchoolAmericaValuesCultureAnswersTeachNovelAudienceTeacherConversationDecidedCome UpGuidesToleranceAll KindsDiscussionAmerican CultureIconsPublicationMatter Of FactHarperMockingbirdKill A Mockingbird Author:Wayne Flynt
“A lot of people have come up after Brookland and asked, "What happens to her at the end of the novel?" and I will very politely say, well, here are the two possibilities.” PeopleWellsTwoEndsHappensNovelPossibilityCome Up Author:Emily Barton