“I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories.” WritingDifferentStoriesPeriodsRelevantDiariesDictionaryDialectSlangTime PeriodsOral History Author:Ron Rash
“When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every day. Even on days when nothing seemed to happen, I made myself think of something to put in it.” ThinkingWritingYearsMadeHappensYoungDiaries Author:Jonathan Stroud
“It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.” WritingWould BeIdentityMysteriousCuriousDiariesPersonification Book:My Apprenticeship Source: My Apprenticeship
“The preoccupation of the novelist: how to capture the living moments, was answered by the diary. You write while you are alive. You do not preserve them in alcohol until the moment you are ready to write about them.” WritingMomentsAliveReadyAlcoholPreservesNovelistsCaptureLive In The MomentDiariesPreoccupation Author:Anais Nin