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Fiction Writing Quotes

People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip Picture Quote #1

Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything Picture Quote #1

The desire to confess... lies at the root of most fiction writing Picture Quote #1

Fiction writing feels more honest to me Picture Quote #1

I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible! Picture Quote #1

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My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime Picture Quote #1

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic Picture Quote #1

When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world Picture Quote #1

I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time Picture Quote #1

In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers Picture Quote #1

Once you’re imagining being the main character, and you’re having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over Picture Quote #1

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Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that Picture Quote #1

People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip Picture Quote #1

This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it’s hard to make a living as a writer. At that point, I was more interested in fiction writing Picture Quote #1

From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment Picture Quote #1

One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material Picture Quote #1

Contrary to all those times you’ve heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing is all about telling the truth Picture Quote #1

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I want to do some fiction writing, I’ve had some pretty good luck with short stories, I’d like to do a couple of larger things Picture Quote #1

I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It’s always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work Picture Quote #1

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People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip. (Fiction Writing Quotes) Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything (Fiction Writing Quotes) The desire to confess... lies at the root of most fiction writing (Fiction Writing Quotes) Fiction writing feels more honest to me (Fiction Writing Quotes) I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel (Fiction Writing Quotes) Writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible! (Fiction Writing Quotes) My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime (Fiction Writing Quotes) First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic (Fiction Writing Quotes) When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world (Fiction Writing Quotes) I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time (Fiction Writing Quotes) In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers (Fiction Writing Quotes) Once you’re imagining being the main character, and you’re having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over (Fiction Writing Quotes) Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that (Fiction Writing Quotes) People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip (Fiction Writing Quotes) This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it’s hard to make a living as a writer. At that point, I was more interested in fiction writing (Fiction Writing Quotes) From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment (Fiction Writing Quotes) One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material (Fiction Writing Quotes) Contrary to all those times you’ve heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing is all about telling the truth (Fiction Writing Quotes) I want to do some fiction writing, I’ve had some pretty good luck with short stories, I’d like to do a couple of larger things (Fiction Writing Quotes) I am conscious of trying to stretch the boundaries of non-fiction writing. It’s always surprised me how little attention many non-fiction writers pay to the formal aspects of their work (Fiction Writing Quotes)

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