“When I'm writing, which is 8-9 months out of the year, I'm in a concerted writing pace, where I work 5 days a week for at least a few hours a day, maybe a little bit more. But I won't work for more than 2 hours at a time. I'll work for a couple hours and take a break.” WritingYearsLittlesBitsHoursBreakWeekMonthsCoupleLittle BitPace Author:Amy Ray
“No I don't really write thinking about specific actors because it can get in the way a little bit.” ThinkingWayWritingLittlesActorsBitsLittle Bit Author:Lorene Scafaria
“At the risk, then, of being shunned by some of my gloomier peers, I venture to tell you that writers work like demons, suffer greatly, and are also happy, in unmistakable ways, some of the time. If we had no knowledge of happiness, our novels wouldn't sufficiently resemble real life. Some of us are even made a little bit happy, on occasion, by the writing process itself. I mean, really, if there wasn't some sort of enjoyment to be derived, would any of us keep doing it?” IfsWayWritingMeanLittlesMadeRealSufferingBitsProcessNovelRiskLittle BitReal LifeOccasionsEnjoymentDemonPeersVentureWriting Process Author:Michael Cunningham
“I think by definition you need to have lived a little bit to write anything that's humanly true.” ThinkingNeedsWritingLittlesBitsLittle BitDefinitions Author:Richard K. Morgan
“I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it feels like it's going badly or that I'm lost, I know I'll eventually find my way because I've been through it before. But writing itself is still hard.” KnowsWayFeelsWritingLittlesStillsHardLostBitsProcessExampleLittle BitMy WayFamiliarity Author:Sara Zarr
“Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.” WritingWellsLittlesJobsBitsCareersTasteLittle BitFast Paced Author:Victoria Gotti
“I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.” KnowsWritingLittlesSometimesBitsEmotionLittle BitProsePurple Author:Buzz Bissinger