Novels begin not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming, in thinking not writing.
– Joyce Carol Oates
Tag: page
Quotable 429
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 its 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 … and it’s magic and wonderful and strange.
– Neil Gaiman
Quotable 419
I can always write. Sometimes, to be sure, what I write is crap, but it’s words on the page and therefore it is something to work with.
– Geraldine Brooks
haiku 492
new calendar page
time to pretend
this blog still lives
Quotable 365
The more you shy away from the material, the worse it gets. You’re better off pushing through and ending up with 30 dead pages you can correct later than just sitting there with nothing.
– Danielle Steel
Quotable 341
Finish your book – one crappy first draft is worth more than a thousand perfect first pages.
– Delilah S. Dawson
Quotable 302
Finish the damn book. Nothing else matters. Stop
second-guessing yourself and write it through to the end. You don’t
know what you have until you’ve finished it. You don’t know how
to fix it until it’s all down on the page.
– Lauren Beukes
haiku 401
counting my spoons –
changing the calendar page
will have to wait
Quotable 149
You can fix anything but a blank page.
– Nora Roberts