“As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero’s plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something – a belief, a family member, the truth.
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✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Become Open to Possibilities
“You have only so many chances to tell stories. I didn’t want to be forever wedded to one form of storytelling when there are so many out there.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ How to Keep a Reader’s Interest
I want to tell a story that makes the reader always want to see what will happen next.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ When a Story becomes a Story
“The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat’s mat is a story.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Importance of Passion and Joy in Writing
“If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either”.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ If You’ve Got a Story, Don’t Water it Down
“If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Want an Idea on How to Create a Scene?
“With most of my books, I’ll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Trust Your Gut
“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ You Know What You Want to Write
“Don’t ever write anything you don’t like yourself and if you do like it, don’t take anyone’s advice about changing it. They just don’t know.”
~ Raymond Chandler
✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ How Deep Is Your Desire to Write?
“Cats gotta scratch. Dogs gotta bite. I gotta write.”
