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“I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy. Don't get me wrong, Tolkien was a great worldbuilder, but he got a little caught up describing his world at times, at the expense of the overall story.”

Thinking World Writing Littles Stories Common Fantasy Pieces Failing Caught Tendencies Legacy Expenses Unfortunate Caught Up Describing

Author:Patrick Rothfuss

“Well, they each seem to do one thing well enough, but fail to realize that literature depends on doing several things well at the same time.”

Writing Wells Enough Seems Literature Realizing Failing One Thing Depends

Book:Flaubert's Parrot

Source: Flaubert's Parrot

“If you're not failing all the time, you're not creating a situation where you can get lucky.”

Ifs Writing Situation Failing Lucky Creating

Author:Ira Glass

“Persevere. Plan. Strategize. Focus. Breathe. Write. Let go: relax. Forgive. All this failing: take a nap.”

Writing Focus Plans Failing Letting Go Forgiving Breathe Relax Persevere Naps

Book:Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life

Source: Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life

“I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and no sexual content beyond what you might find in a PG-rated movie – expressions of who likes whom, holding hands, and perhaps the occasional kiss. The idea that we should treat sexual orientation itself as an adults-only topic, however, is absurd. Non-heterosexual children exist. To pretend they do not, to fail to recognize that they have needs for support and validation like any child, would be bad teaching, bad writing, and bad citizenship.”

“Every time I try to write on vacation, I fail miserably.”

Writing Trying Failing Vacation

Author:Christopher Bollen

“Writers are what they write, also what they fail to write.”

Writing Failing

Book:The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling

Source: The Beginning of the Journey: The Marriage of Diana and Lionel Trilling

“If writing is your practice, the only way to fail is not to write.”

Ifs Way Writing Practice Failing

Author:Gail Sher