“Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction.” WayWritingCharacterPoliticalVoicePowerfulFictionOpinionWriting FictionPolitical Opinions Author:Jen Lancaster
“That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.” PeopleWritingImportantChoicesGivenNationsOpinionPositionReaderPerceptionPagesPublishersColumnsEditorialsImplicit Author:Daniel Okrent
“Believe in your own identity and your own opinions. Proceed with confidence, generating it, if necessary, by pure willpower. Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it. Use its energy to keep yourself going.” IfsWritingBelieveWellsUseMightEnergyOpinionIdentityPureEgoBelieve In YouWillpower Author:William Zinsser
“I love it when characters surprise you, just like real people. When I write a scene I just try to make the characters behave in a way that feels natural to them. Sometimes that means they make a left turn and do something unexpected. Those are always the best scenes in my opinion.” PeopleWayFeelsWritingTryingMeanRealSometimesCharacterTurnsLeftNaturalOpinionSceneSurpriseBehaveUnexpectedSomething Unexpected Author:Brad Falchuk
“Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons.” PeopleThinkingWritingHas BeensReasonLiteratureOpinionTakenLike MeDramaticPublic OpinionPrintedWrong ReasonsDramatic Change Author:Anthony Holden
“Now you know you're going to have to play music for the label, you know you're going to have to get an opinion from the manager. Now, I'm so much more conscious and it bothers me. I try to find my way back to writing without being too analytical or not thinking about whether this is good or is it bad.” ThinkingKnowsWayWritingTryingPlayOpinionConsciousManagersMy WayLabelsBother Author:Yukimi Nagano
“I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.” PeopleWantWritingSometimesRememberDifficultVoiceStepsOpinionAppreciateAppreciate People Author:Veronica Roth
“So you're stuck. Every time your madman starts to write, your judge pounces on him... So start by promising your judge that you'll get around to asking his opinion, but not now. And then let the madman energy flow... Save details for the judge.” WritingEnergyOpinionJudgingFlowAskingDetailsStuckNow And ThenMadmenEnergy Flow Author:Betty Sue Flowers
“Having had the good fortune to serve beside her on both courts, I can attest that her opinions are always thoroughly considered, always carefully crafted and almost always correct (which is to say we sometimes disagree). That much is apparent for all to see. What only her colleagues know is that her suggestions improve the opinions the rest of us write, and that she is a source of collegiality and good judgment in all our work.” KnowsWritingI CanSometimesOpinionSourceJudgmentCourtFortuneDisagreeColleaguesSuggestionsGood FortuneGood Judgment Author:Antonin Scalia
“I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism, of considerable interest to me, but I do not know why I should presume it will be so to you. Egotism is not tiresome, or it ought not to be, if one is sincere about oneself; but it is so hard to be sincere. Well, never mind, I mean to be, and you know me well enough to see through me when I am humbugging.” IfsKnowsShouldWritingMindWellsMeanHardEnoughFactsInterestMy OwnPoorOpinionAdventureTheoryOughtOneselfSincereSentimentsIndividualismKnow MeEgotismBarrenTiresome Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith
“I myself am pursuing the same instinctive course as the veriest human animal you can think of I am, however young, writing at random straining at particles of light in the midst of a great darkness without knowing the bearing of any one assertion, of any one opinion. Yet may I not in this be free from sin?” ThinkingWritingHumansMayLightYoungCoursesSinAnimalOpinionDarknessKnowingMidstParticlesAssertionHuman Animal Book:The Complete Works of John Keats Source: The Complete Works of John Keats