“The format of the book was the idea of my wonderful editor, Stephen Segal. Stephen and I had worked together before, on projects for the Interstitial Arts Foundation, and when he got the idea for an accordion-style book, he called and asked if I could write the story for it. I told him that I would love to try! And I knew it had to be a love story, because that's the sort of story you really want to hear from both perspectives. I mean, imagine if Pride and Prejudice were told from Darcy's perspective as well as Elizabeth's. It would be quite a different story!” IfsWantWritingTryingWellsMeanArtBookIdeasDifferentStoriesWould BeTogetherImagineWonderfulStylePerspectivePrideProjectsPrejudiceFoundationLove StoryIf I CouldEditorsFormatDarcyAccordions Author:Theodora Goss
“Sometimes, I repeat myself, and that was a second elimination [of Barack Obama]. I worked with a team, including a great editor who, as the project came together, suggested other additions and eliminations. It was a process.” SometimesTogetherProcessTeamProjectsIncludingBarackRepeatsEditorsElimination Author:Julianne Malveaux
“It's not easy putting creative projects together. In my case, it might take a long time and you try to do the best.” TryingLongMightTogetherEasyCasesCreativeProjectsLong TimeDo The Best Author:Kate Bush
“Usually, being a volunteer organizer essentially means that I am part of a core base of individuals, that when we start a project - whether it be a big thing like the inauguration or whether it be something that's a longer-term, let's say, educational campaign about a foreign policy issue or a domestic issue - we sit together and we divvy up, and oftentimes it's relevant to different things we do.” MeanDifferentBigsTogetherIndividualTermIssuesPolicyProjectsEducationalCampaignsCoreDifferent ThingsRelevantForeign PolicyVolunteerBig ThingsOrganizerInauguration Author:Eugene Puryear
“I was approached by Neville Wakefield. I've known Neville for almost a decade, but we had never really worked together. We sort of threatened to work together on a number of other projects but never really did.” TogetherNumbersKnownProjectsDecadesWorking TogetherThreatened Author:Tavares Strachan
“With certain projects, there are delays, and with others, things come together very quickly. It can be frustrating but it's not uncommon, and you just have to keep a lot of things juggling and hoping all of these projects will go when all the pieces fall into place. You just have to be ready for whatever catches fire.” TogetherCertainFallFirePiecesReadyProjectsDelayFrustratingUncommonJugglingFall Into Place Author:Barbara Crampton
“I think any writer is a fool if he doesn't do it for money. There needs to be some kind of incentive in addition to the project. It all goes together. It's fun to sit there and think of characters and get them into action, then be paid for it. I can't believe it when writers tell me 'I don't want to show my work to anybody'.” IfsThinkingWantNeedsBelieveKindI CanCharacterShowsActionTogetherFunFoolProjectsPaidIncentives Author:Elmore Leonard