“I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you pay such big consequences for saying, 'I'm just going to devote my life to making art,' or 'I'm going to devote my life to writing novels.' You end up with no resources.” ThinkingWritingPersonsArtEndsBigsArtistPayNovelMiddleConsequenceResourcesHarderMiddle Aged Author:Dana Spiotta
“If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses are all the more so, since horses are more mysterious than life and harder to understand.” IfsYearsStatesStoriesOpinionNovelIgnoranceHorseHarderMysteriousObservationProgressive Book:A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money and Luck Source: A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money and Luck
“You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster and more strangely than the future.” FictionNovelFuturePagesHarderScience FictionFasterFiction Novels Book:Adventures in the Dream Trade Source: Adventures in the Dream Trade
“Having been an editor for more than a decade, I thought I had a good idea of how much work was involved in writing a novel. I was wrong! Writing is a lot harder than I ever imagined - but worth it.” WritingIdeasNovelInvolvedHarderDecadesEditorsGood IdeasWorth It Author:Julie Klassen
“Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done.” ThinkingWritingTryingDifferentHardDoneStoriesNovelFiguresTerribleApproachHarderGet It DoneDifferent Approach Author:Donald Miller
“have a much harder time writing stories than novels. I need the expansiveness of a novel and the propulsive energy it provides. When I think about scene - and when I teach scene writing - I'm thinking about questions. What questions are raised by a scene? What questions are answered? What questions persist from scene to scene to scene?” ThinkingNeedsWritingStoriesEnergyTeachNovelSceneHarderRaisedPersistWriting StoriesExpansiveness Author:Edan Lepucki
“The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism.” GivenNovelCriticismHarderMemoirNonfictionMainstream Author:Kate Zambreno
“The problem with an autobiography is that all these extra factors make it difficult. You don't want to hurt people's feelings. You don't know how much you can trust your memory. You don't want it to be self-serving. And you have all these issues about how to present yourself. All these factors make it harder to do than a novel.” PeopleKnowsWantSelfFeelingsProblemDifficultHurtMemoriesNovelKnow HowIssuesHarderFactorsExtrasServingAutobiographyOur MemoriesSelf Serving Author:Richard Hell