“I believe the only way a writer can keep himself up to the mark is by examining each story quite coldly before he starts writing it and asking himself if it is all right as a story. I mean, once you go saying to yourself, 'This is a pretty weak plot as it stands, but I'm such a hell of a writer that my magic touch will make it okay,' you're sunk. If they aren't in interesting situations, characters can't be major characters, not even if you have the rest of the troop talk their heads off about them.” IfsWayWritingBelieveMeanCharacterStoriesI BelieveInterestingSituationHellMagicMajorsWeakOkayMarkAskingPlotExaminingInteresting Situations Author:P. G. Wodehouse
“Both [of my granddaughters] Octavia and Lavinia have May birthdays. I've just been birthday shopping with them. But the shopping has a budget. I say, "Okay, if you pick this out, then you'll have how much left?" I wait for them to do the calculation, and they'll say, "$18." And we stand there and talk about, hmm, is that sweater really worth that much? And the girls work it through.Doing that takes away some of the magic of money.” IfsMayGirlLeftWaitingMagicPicksOkayBudgetsWorking ItShoppingCalculationsSweatersHmmGranddaughterLavinia Author:Elizabeth Warren
“He stopped what he was doing and pulled out his magic phone. Okay, the phone wasn't magic, but it does things my computer struggles with.” DoeStruggleMagicComputerOkayPhones Author:Patricia Briggs
“The part about me being an 'okay sorcerer'? 'Not great'? No I believe I missed that. -Lucas Cortez (Dime Store Magic)” BelieveI BelieveMagicOkayStoresDimes Author:Kelley Armstrong