“There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is why a writer often needs space and time, so that he or she can abandon ordinary life and "live" with the characters.” NeedsCharacterStoriesSeemsMy OwnSpaceOrdinaryEverydayAbandonTake MeEveryday LifeRetreatTime And SpaceOrdinary Life Author:Margaret Mahy
“I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes on there I'll just tell a little story about the things that happen in my everyday life. People seem to enjoy them well enough.” PeopleWritingWellsLittlesImportantSometimesEnoughStoriesSeemsHappensEnjoyFansEverydayEveryday LifeBlogs Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“Ideas for stories come in really different terms and really different ways for me. Sometimes they're from books, sometimes they're just kind of out of the air, from nowhere, sometimes they're biographical, or sometimes they're other things [everyday life].” WayKindBookIdeasDifferentSometimesStoriesTermAirEverydayDifferent WaysEveryday Life Author:Brian Evenson