“I usually do at least a dozen drafts and progressively make more-conscious decisions. Because I've always believed stories are closer to poems than novels, I spend a lot of time on the story's larger rhythms, such as sentence and paragraph length, placement of flashbacks and dialogue.” StoriesDecisionNovelConsciousSentencesDialogueRhythmLengthDozenAlways BelieveParagraphPlacementFlashback Author:Ron Rash
“Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects when they're being written. Or at least they do for me. They're the result of thousands of decisions made at speed during revision.” MadeStoriesDecisionResultsWrittenObjectsIntentionSpeedThemeWorldviewRevisionDecisions Made Author:George Saunders
“I think Hollywood is so driven by money, the people who are making the decisions are not necessarily reflective of the melting pot, so what stories are you going to want to tell? You're going to want to tell stories about yourself.” PeopleThinkingWantStoriesDecisionHollywoodDrivenPotAbout YourselfMeltingMelting Pot Author:Sanaa Lathan
“The decisions you make today will determine the stories you tell tomorrow.” StoriesTodayDecisionTomorrowDetermineDecisions You Make Author:Craig Groeschel
“Really, the moment you have any idea, the second thought that enters your mind after the original idea is, "What is this? Is it a book, is it a movie, is it a this, is it a that, is it a short story, is it a breakfast cereal?" Really, from that moment, your decision about what kind of thing it is then determines how it develops.” MindKindBookIdeasMomentsStoriesDecisionOriginalsDetermineThat MomentBreakfastShort StoryCerealOriginal IdeasSecond ThoughtsBreakfast Cereal Author:Douglas Adams
“Out of the 10,000 news stories you may have read in the last 12 months, did even one allow you to make a better decision about a serious matter in your life?” MayMatterStoriesLastsDecisionSeriousMonthsNewsNews Stories Author:Rolf Dobelli
“My life story is something obviously that belongs to me very personally. And the fact of the matter is that I had choices and chances and opportunities that were provided to me, based on the way I was able to direct my own decision-making. And what I'm working to fight for is to make sure that all women have the ability to do that.” WayMatterFactsStoriesAbleChoicesFightingOpportunityChanceMy OwnAbilityDecisionDirectDecision MakingLife Story Author:Barack Obama