“Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with humility and gall. And you have to love to read books, all kinds of books, good books. You are not looking for anything in particular; you are just letting stuff seep in.” WritingTryingKindBookJobsStuffHumilityParticularPagesAll KindsCraftsGood BookLove To Read Author:Stephen Dobyns
“In a 22-page comic, figuring an average of four to five panels a page and a couple of full-page shots, a writer has maybe a hundred panels at most to tell a story, so every panel he wastes conveying a.) something I already know, b.) something that's a cute gag but does nothing to reveal plot or character, or c.) something I don't need to know is a demonstration of lousy craft.” KnowsNeedsDoeBookCharacterStoriesFiveFourCoupleWastePagesHundredShotsAverageCraftsComicCutePlotComic BookDemonstrationGagsConveying Author:Mark Waid
“It may take hundreds of pages before you begin to get a handle on the craft of writing, and your first scripts may not work. The next five to twenty may not either. However, the ones that do work owe everything to the ones that didn't.” WritingFirstsMayNextFivePagesTwentiesScriptsHandleCrafts Author:Geoffrey S. Fletcher
“If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft” IfsWritingStoriesPerfectNovelFiveOfficePagesCraftsShort Story Author:Ben Okri
“I remember growing up, getting the Colorado Springs Sun in the morning and the Denver Post in the afternoon, and my dad just inhaling both of them, and me waiting to get the sports page from him. I fell in love with the craft. I remember being 9 years old and playing baseball in the backyard and coming in and writing little newspaper articles for my dad.” WritingYearsLittlesRememberSportsWaitingMorningSunGrowing UpGrowingDadPagesSpringBaseballMy DadNewspapersCraftsPostsArticlesAfternoonBackyardsColoradoDenverPlaying Baseball Author:Pat Forde
“From a craft standpoint, telling a story in the first-person present tense over the course of 500 pages is a daunting challenge.” FirstsPersonsStoriesCoursesChallengesPagesCraftsTenseStandpointFirst PersonPresent Tense Author:Joseph Boyden
“That's the type of thing you need to keep in mind when drawing comics. The storytelling. Consider the action and the space available to you, that's what will make it a great comics page. Once you've figured that out, you can always find/make the reference to support your storytelling decisions. So by all means, study film, but as with any reference, the results are better when they inform the craft and not dictate it.” NeedsMindMeanActionFilmSpaceDecisionResultsSupportStudyTypePagesAvailableDrawingStorytellingCraftsComic Book Author:Declan Shalvey
“I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.” WritingBookDoneHumorFunnyNumbersPagesHumorousWittyCraftsWriting A Book Author:Steven Wright
“In my craft or sullen art Exercised in the still night When only the moon rages And the lovers lie abed With all their griefs in their arms, I labour by singing light Not for ambition or bread Or the strut and trade of charms On the ivory stages But for the common wages Of their most secret heart. Not for the proud man apart From the raging moon I write On these spindrift pages Nor for the towering dead With their nightingales and psalms But for the lovers, their arms Round the griefs of the ages, Who pay no praise or wages Nor heed my craft or art.” MenWritingHeartArtStillsLightAgeLyingNightCommonGriefPaySecretStageArmsProudLoversMoonAmbitionPagesSingingPraiseTradeRoundsRageBreadCraftsCharmLabourWagesHeedPsalmsIvoryNightingalesSullenProud Man Author:Dylan Thomas