“One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren't comfortable with that. I don't have a problem with that.” WritingProblemFictionFrontsCrimeComfortableDecidedExpectedSurprisingCrime FictionSurprising Things Author:Kathy Reichs
“I plot as I go. Many novelists write an outline that has almost as many pages as their ultimate book. Others knock out a brief synopsis... Do what is comfortable. If you have to plot out every move your characters make, so be it. Just make sure there is a plausible purpose behind their machinations. A good reader can smell a phony plot a block away.” IfsWritingBookCharacterMovingPurposeBehindsReaderComfortablePagesUltimateSmellBlockNovelistsPlotOutlinesPhonyPlausibleSynopsis Author:Clive Cussler
“Some writing is a really nice solitary process, in a way, because you can be a little self-conscious around other people. If it's just you, and you're at your favorite piano, or whatever instrument, and you feel comfortable, then somehow, I always feel like it's opening a door and letting whatever is to pass through pass.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsWritingLittlesSelfProcessNiceDoorsComfortableConsciousInstrumentsOpeningPianoSolitarySelf ConsciousReally NiceYour Favorite Author:Marketa Irglova
“When you have been writing for a lot of years, you have to make an effort not to start repeating yourself. It occurred to me that I tended to tread certain ground automatically, because it was comfortable, but that there were areas I avoided automatically because they made me nervous.” WritingYearsHas BeensMadeCertainEffortComfortableAreasNervousAvoided Author:Merrill Markoe
“In general, inquiry ceases when we adopt a theory. After that, we overlook whatever makes against it, and see and think, and talk and write, only in its favor. Indeed, when we have a snug, comfortable theory, to which we are much attached, they appear to us as a very mean set of facts that will not square with it.” ThinkingWritingMeanFactsTheoryComfortableFavorsCeaseSquaresInquiryVery Mean Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought