“Write a nonfiction book, and be prepared for the legion of readers who are going to doubt your fact. But write a novel, and get ready for the world to assume every word is true.” WorldWritingBookFactsNovelDoubtReadyReaderAssumingPreparedNonfictionBe PreparedLegion Book:High Tide in Tucson Source: High Tide in Tucson
“Starting a new novel is a little like starting a new relationship - you have to be prepared to commit for at least three years and put up with the domestic tedium as well as the emotional highs!” WritingYearsWellsLittlesThreeNovelEmotionalPreparedStartingCommitThree YearsBe PreparedNew RelationshipTedium Author:Tobsha Learner
“One of the unfortunate things about creative writing courses is that they make people impatient. People feel that they have prepared themselves and that they must now do it. In fact there are positive incentives for doing so - universities are offering degrees for writing novels.” PeopleFeelsWritingFactsCoursesNovelCreativeDegreesPreparedUniversityOfferingUnfortunateCreative WritingIncentivesImpatientUnfortunate Things Author:Robert Dessaix
“I really do believe that chance favours a prepared mind. Wallace Stegner, who was one of my teachers when I was at Stanford, preached that writing a novel is not something that can be done in a sprint. That it's a marathon. You have to pace yourself. He himself wrote two pages every day and gave himself a day off at Christmas. His argument was at the end of a year, no matter what, you'd got 700 pages and that there's got to be something worth keeping.” WritingYearsMindBelieveTwoEndsMatterDoneChanceNovelTeacherPagesArgumentNo Matter WhatPreparedPaceFavourMarathonDays OffSprintStanfordPace Yourself Author:Scott Turow