“It can take years. With the first draft, I just write everything. With the second draft, it becomes so depressing for me, because I realize that I was fooled into thinking I'd written the story. I hadn't-I had just typed for a long time. So then I have to carve out a story from the 25 or so pages. It's in there somewhere-but I have to find it. I'll then write a third, fourth, and fifth draft, and so on.” ThinkingWritingYearsFirstsLongStoriesRealizingWrittenPagesLong TimeThirdsFourthDepressingFifthFooled Author:David Sedaris
“I don't try to be satirical. I just try to get what's in my head on the page. And that part is hard for me to do. It takes a long, long time to make it poetic, somewhat essayistic.” TryingLongHardPagesLong TimePoeticSatirical Author:Paul Beatty
“Eve Byron has a permanent place on my must-buy list. Her characters are three-dimensional men and women who live on in readers' hearts long after they've turned the last page. ONLY IN MY DREAMS is pure Eve Byron, which means it's a pure delight. I fell in love with Lorelei and Dane, two of the most delightful characters I've encountered in a very long time. Byron's magical touch never falters. ONLY IN MY DREAMS is a surefire hit!” MenHeartMeanLongTwoCharacterDreamLastsThreeReaderPurePagesLong TimeMen And WomenDelightListsPermanentDelightfulByron Author:Barbara Bretton
“When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote anything more than 250 pages.” WritingLongCharacterStoriesNovelPagesLong TimeShort Story Author:Ruskin Bond
“As an artist you're on a journey of discovery and sometimes that journey takes a long time, doesn't subscribe to [a] train schedule, to the punch-clock. And I need to read a lot to make my pages happen.” NeedsLongSometimesHappensArtistJourneyPagesLong TimeDiscoveryTrainClockSchedules Author:Junot Diaz
“I also liked it when professors assigned us stories that they love. In general, I liked workshops more when they were more than just a workshop, when the professor took the time to actually guide us as young writers and teach us things it took them a long time to figure out on their own. I could probably write ten pages on this question.” WritingLongStoriesYoungTeachFiguresTenPagesLong TimeGuidesProfessorsWorkshopsYoung Writers Author:Mary J. Miller
“I had Paterson, and The Art Lover, to guide me for The Tales of Horror (written from 1988-'97 and published in 1999), but I still was so lost, back then, as I tried to understand what I was writing and how it went together. There was a draft of that manuscript that had all these brightly colored paper clips on the pages so I could visualize what I saw as the book's themes and threads - that was a long time ago.” WritingLongArtStillsBookTogetherLostSawsWrittenLoversHorrorPaperPagesLong TimeGuidesTalesThemeThreadLong Time AgoManuscriptsClipGuide MeArt LoversPaper Clips Author:Laura Mullen
“I'd seen the Led Zeppelin reunion and I've never been such a huge Led Zeppelin fan as much as the Doors or Beatles. I went and saw the reunion and watching them play "Stairway to Heaven," it was very breathtaking for one reason mostly. I can imagine these two guys looking at each other, Robert Plant and Jimmy Page. Not to compare us to Led Zeppelin, but I did miss the fact that I could look over at the guy, Twiggy Ramirez, that wrote "The Beautiful People" and "Dope Show." Emotionally, it's taken a long time to repair that.” PeopleLooksLongI CanTwoReasonPlayFactsShowsBeautifulGuyHeavenTakenSawsImagineDoorsFansMissingHugePagesLong TimePlantCompareJimmyDopeReunionBeautiful PeopleZeppelinsBreathtakingTwo GuysStairwaysStairway To Heaven Author:Marilyn Manson