“Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction.” WayWritingCharacterPoliticalVoicePowerfulFictionOpinionWriting FictionPolitical Opinions Author:Jen Lancaster
“I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it.” WritingFictionGradesWriting FictionEighth Grade Author:Thomas Perry
“In [writing] fiction, every sentence is its own reward.” WritingFictionRewardsSentencesWriting Fiction Author:Amy Tan
“The best thing about writing fiction is that moment where the story catches fire and comes to life on the page, and suddenly it all makes sense and you know what it's about and why you're doing it and what these people are saying and doing, and you get to feel like both the creator and the audience. Everything is suddenly both obvious and surprising ("but of course that's why he was doing that, and that means that...") and it's magic and wonderful and strange.” PeopleKnowsFeelsWritingMeanMomentsStoriesCoursesFictionAudienceFireWonderfulMagicStrangePagesObviousCreatorMake SenseBest ThingsThat MomentSurprisingWriting FictionSaying And Doing Author:Neil Gaiman
“As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use of experiences immediately as they happened. I needed to let things fester in my memory, mature and transmogrify into something meaningful.” WayWritingMadeUseMemoriesFictionHappenedNeededMy FamilyMeaningfulNovelistsMatureWriting Fiction Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I published only in academic journals in philosophy until I was in my 40s, but I had been writing fiction and poetry my whole adult life - without ever once trying to publish it, and rarely letting anyone read it.” WritingTryingPhilosophyWholeFictionAdultsAcademicJournalPublishWriting Fiction Author:Cheryl Mendelson
“I first started writing fiction in college because I was attracted to beautiful sentences. I loved to read them. I wanted to write them.” WritingFirstsWantedBeautifulFictionCollegeSentencesWriting Fiction Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“I have to have music as a soundtrack to writing fiction. I listen to it at other times, too, but it helps me write.” WritingHelpingFictionHelp MeWriting FictionSoundtracks Author:Jeff VanderMeer