“I respond very well to rules. If there are certain parameters it's much easier to do something really good. Especially when readers know what those are. They know what to expect and then you have to wrong-foot them. That is the trick of crime fiction. And readers come to crime and graphic novels wanting to be entertained, or disgusted.” IfsKnowsWellsCertainFictionNovelFeetCrimeReaderEasierTricksGraphicCrime FictionParametersDisgustedGraphic Novels Author:Denise Mina
“It's just the garbage in/garbage out trick. If you're not taking any fiction in, good or bad, then how can you be spitting any back out (good or bad)? I can't even imagine trying to write without reading. Really, I can hardly write a novel at all if I'm not reading just book after book.” IfsWritingTryingI CanBookReadingFictionNovelImagineTricksGarbage Author:Stephen Graham Jones
“Like most writers, I look back on all of my finished works with utter regret, and the trouble with writing a series of novels is that you have to go back and read them, and make sure that you haven't forgotten anything you've created, and then when you do that, you're faced with your own mistakes on every trick, from the wrong word in places to entirely the wrong incident.” WritingLooksMistakeNovelTroubleHavensRegretSeriesForgottenFinishedTricksIncidentsFinished WorkWrong Words Author:Daniel Handler
“I wanted my first novel to be a veritable infarct of narrative cloggers-the trick being to feel your way through each clog by blowing it up until its obstructiveness finally reveals not blank mass but unlooked-for seepage points of passage.” WayFeelsFirstsWantedNovelMassTricksNarrativePassagesBlankBlowing It Book:U and I: A True Story Source: U and I: A True Story
“I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing.” ThinkingWritingBookCan DoSpaceNovelTricksManuscriptsIllustrationPicture Books Author:Mac Barnett
“You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear - and only one. This one visualization will clarify every word choice you make.” WantWritingPersonsStoriesChoicesNovelImagineEarsTricksWhisperingVisualizationChoices You MakeWord Choice Author:Julianna Baggott