“Listen, a cable series is a beautiful thing because there's such amazing writing happening on television, and it's a schedule that allows you to do a play or two. There's a reason everybody wants that job!” WantWritingTwoReasonPlayJobsBeautifulTelevisionHappeningsSeriesBeautiful ThingsSchedulesCables Author:Lily Rabe
“Well, I've been a big fan of comic books since I was a little kid. In fact, I used to write and draw my own comic books when I was on the old Lost in Space series.” WritingWellsLittlesBookFactsBigsKidsUsedLostMy OwnSpaceFansDrawsSeriesComicComic BookLittle Kid Author:Bill Mumy
“I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I decided that I would write a book about something I'd want to read if I was 16. It turned into a Cinderella story... I developed a proposal and the characters of 'Gossip Girl' for my job.” IfsWantWritingBookCharacterStoriesJobsYoungUsedGirlReadingAdultsDecidedSeriesYoung AdultUsed To BeGossipEditorsEditingProposalGossip GirlCinderella Story Author:Cecily von Ziegesar
“Writing a song is like playing a series of downs in football: Lots of rules, timing is crucial, lots of boundaries, lots of protective gear, lots of stopping and starting.” WritingSongFootballSeriesStartingBoundariesCrucialTimingStoppingProtectiveGears Author:Christine Lavin
“I think they thought it was very arrogant of me to write the end of my seven books series when I didn't have a publisher and no-one had heard of me” ThinkingWritingBookEndsHeardSeriesSevenArroganceArrogantPublishers Author:J. K. Rowling
“Most of the complexity of the stories has developed as the stories came along (and may be a product of the principle that "nothing is what it seems"). I did start with some essential ambiguousness in the aliens' motivation and the questions this raises in human minds, which I consider to have been disregarded in Contact (novel and film). That, in part, may be what has delayed the writing of the fifth and sixth novelettes in the series.” WritingMindHumansMayHas BeensStoriesSeemsFilmMotivationPrinciplesNovelProductsEssentialsRaisesSeriesContactAliensComplexityHuman MindFifthAmbiguityDelayedDisregarded Author:James Gunn
“Most of my stuff is just a series of false leads. I'll approach a story as a subject and then make a whole bunch of different runs at the lead. They're all good writing but they don't connect. So I end up having to string leads together.” WritingDifferentEndsWholeStoriesRunningTogetherStuffSubjectsApproachSeriesBunchStringsGood Writing Book:Ancient Gonzo Wisdom Source: Ancient Gonzo Wisdom