“When you write a novel, there’s a level at which you are much more revealing about who you are because you’re less self-conscious about how you’re presenting yourself. You are accidentally leaving your DNA all over everything in a novel because it’s all coming from you.” WritingSelfLevelsNovelConsciousWho You AreLeavingDnaRevealingSelf ConsciousPresentingPresenting Yourself Author:Elizabeth Gilbert
“The Dream Lover-what a bold, insightful, and enticing novel. And how vigorously Elizabeth Berg brings us the iconoclastic life of George Sand. Berg writes with such intimacy and compassion that I think she must have some shared ancestral DNA with Sand. I savored every page.” ThinkingWritingDreamCompassionNovelLoversPagesIntimacySandInsightfulDnaEnticing Author:Frances Mayes
“The DNA of the novel - which, if I begin to write nonfiction, I will write about this - is that: the title of the novel is the whole novel. The first line of the novel is the whole novel. The point of view is the whole novel. Every subplot is the whole novel. The verb tense is the whole novel.” IfsWritingFirstsWholeLinesViewsNovelPoint Of ViewTitlesNonfictionDnaTenseVerbsSubplots Author:Mary Kay Zuravleff
“Now, as a reader, you shouldn't feel the decisions the writer makes about this DNA, or it would be boring beyond belief. But, as a writer, you're struggling to make these decisions. What should the title be? What's the first line? The point of view? And the struggle with the decisions is because you're trying to figure out WHAT IS THE NOVEL, WHAT IS THE NOVEL?” FeelsShouldTryingFirstsWould BeBeliefLinesDecisionViewsNovelStruggleFiguresReaderBoringPoint Of ViewTitlesDna Author:Mary Kay Zuravleff
“You are accidentally leaving your DNA all over everything in a novel because it's all coming from you.” NovelLeavingDna Author:Elizabeth Gilbert