Boredom is the enemy of story.
– Chuck Wendig
Tag: story
Quotable 470
Begin your story with a voice.
– Ursula K. LeGuin
Quotable 460
You want in all cases for the story to get through the writing.
– Alice Munro
Quotable 437
I do not over-intellectualize the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.
– Tom Clancy
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 414
I cannot start a story or chapter without knowing how it ends. Of course, it rarely ends that way.
– Kazuo Ishiguro
Quotable 407
Revising a story that you don’t believe in is like making out with somebody you’re not attracted to.
– Patrick Ryan
Quotable 403
When I start I am in a total limbo. I don’t have any idea where the story is going or what is going to happen.
– Isabel Allende
Quotable 392
There’s no right way to tell all stories, only the right way to tell a particular story.
– Tobias Wolff
Quotable 390
The best stories don’t come from good vs. bad but from good vs. good.
– Leo Tolstoy