Dare to tell the smallest of stories if you want to generate large emotions.
– William Zinsser
Tag: story
Quotable 346
The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.
– Malcolm Cowley
Quotable 345
It is hard enough to write books and stories without having to explain them as well.
– Ernest Hemingway
Quotable 343
If I didn’t have an ego, I wouldn’t write 90% of the things I write. The voices in my head whispering “that story is sh*t” would win.
– Nnedi Okorafor
Quotable 338
I try as much as possible when writing not to think about my audience and write as good a story as I can.
– Justine Larbalestier
Quotable 332
Story problems are going to happen. If you never have story problems it means you’re not working hard enough to tell stories in an original, surprising, unexpected way.
– Ken Levine
One year later…
Hello, again.
I never thought I’d let Catsignal go so long without a single post. I love what I’ve done here. I love writing things and sharing them with you. But my chronic fatigue syndrome and migraines have kept me mentally and physically benched. And on that front, it has been a long, bad year.
I have, however, finally written another story. It’s one I had started a couple of years ago and never quite knew where to take it past a certain point. I have solved that problem, and the story – “Precarious Balance” – follows this note.
This by no means signals a return to regular posting. But it does, at least, tell me that I can still do this. I can still create. I can still put one word after another in what some may find an entertaining fashion. Even if I have to work on it piecemeal on the rare days when I am awake enough to concentrate, I can still do this. And that means the world to me.
I hope you enjoy the story. I also hope you don’t give up on Catsignal. I haven’t.
Quotable 243
Story is change.
– Ursula K. LeGuin
Quotable 216
If you don’t understand that story is character and not just idea, you will not be able to breathe life into even the most intriguing flash of inspiration.
– Elizabeth George
Quotable 215
We write by the light of every story we have ever read.
– Richard Peck