Read like mad. But try to do it analytically – which can be hard, because the better and more compelling a novel is, the less conscious you will be of its devices. It’s worth trying to figure those devices out, however: they might come in useful in your own work.
– Sarah Waters
Tag: conscious
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Writing a book is like playing a chess game against your conscious, your subconscious, and your doubt all at the same time.
– Victoria Schwab
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Writing is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.
– Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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The less conscious one is of being “a writer,” the better the writing.
– Pico Iyer
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Writers need to remind ourselves to make conscious decisions about every character we write, not just default to Neutral.
– Shannon Hale