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Writing Fiction Quotes

I spend my life writing fiction, so reading fiction isn’t much of an escape. That’s not always true, but I don’t read much contemporary fiction Picture Quote #1

Even when I think of writing fiction, it’s being kind of a liar, a storyteller, a weaver, and there’s that sense of how much of this is your life. The story is a way you unravel your life from behind a mask Picture Quote #1

Every time I’ve had to do journalistic investigations, I’ve cursed, but later I discovered that it had helped me enormously with writing fiction. It’s the one thing that can save me from becoming an academic writer Picture Quote #1

Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it Picture Quote #1

I’m always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, ‘I should write a cookbook’ or, ‘I should write for food magazines.’ And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again Picture Quote #1

I think if I had been writing fiction, where the work is entirely dependent on the writer’s creativity and the potential directions the narrative might take are infinite, I might have frozen Picture Quote #1

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So much emotion goes into writing fiction Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened Picture Quote #1

I was writing fiction, but not finishing fiction Picture Quote #1

I like going back and writing fiction Picture Quote #1

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy Picture Quote #1

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You learn a lot, writing fiction Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives Picture Quote #1

I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade Picture Quote #1

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

The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn’t Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth Picture Quote #1

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

I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don’t feel as if I have it Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith Picture Quote #1

I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it Picture Quote #1

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

The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves Picture Quote #1

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Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer’s head is mobbed with characters, images and language, making the creative process something like eavesdropping at a party for which you’ve had the fun of drawing up the guest list. Loneliness usually doesn’t set in until the work is finished, and all the partygoers and their imagined universe have disappeared Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all the way through. The work process is totally different from writing nonfiction. You have to sit down every day and make it up Picture Quote #1

In science there is a dictum: don’t add an experiment to an experiment. Don’t make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the more fantastic the tale, the plainer the prose should be. Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story Picture Quote #1

I’ve devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don’t have to depend on writing fiction for my income Picture Quote #1

Whether it is done quickly or slowly, however splendid the results, the process of writing fiction is inherently, inevitably, indistinguishable from wasting time Picture Quote #1

See things as they are and write about them. Don’t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know Picture Quote #1

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I spend my life writing fiction, so reading fiction isn’t much of an escape. That’s not always true, but I don’t read much contemporary fiction. (Writing Fiction Quotes) Even when I think of writing fiction, it’s being kind of a liar, a storyteller, a weaver, and there’s that sense of how much of this is your life. The story is a way you unravel your life from behind a mask (Writing Fiction Quotes) Every time I’ve had to do journalistic investigations, I’ve cursed, but later I discovered that it had helped me enormously with writing fiction. It’s the one thing that can save me from becoming an academic writer (Writing Fiction Quotes) Yeah, I know what your English Professor tried to tell you. But if your English Professor could make a living writing fiction, they would have been doing it (Writing Fiction Quotes) I’m always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, ‘I should write a cookbook’ or, ‘I should write for food magazines.’ And then I get drawn back to writing fiction again (Writing Fiction Quotes) I think if I had been writing fiction, where the work is entirely dependent on the writer’s creativity and the potential directions the narrative might take are infinite, I might have frozen (Writing Fiction Quotes) So much emotion goes into writing fiction (Writing Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened (Writing Fiction Quotes) I was writing fiction, but not finishing fiction (Writing Fiction Quotes) I like going back and writing fiction (Writing Fiction Quotes) When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately (Writing Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy (Writing Fiction Quotes) You learn a lot, writing fiction (Writing Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives (Writing Fiction Quotes) I began writing fictional stories and little screenplays when I was in fifth grade (Writing Fiction Quotes) When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world (Writing Fiction Quotes) The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn’t (Writing Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth (Writing Fiction Quotes) I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay, rather than the novel (Writing Fiction Quotes) I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don’t feel as if I have it (Writing Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith (Writing Fiction Quotes) I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it (Writing Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible! (Writing Fiction Quotes) The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves (Writing Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer’s head is mobbed with characters, images and language, making the creative process something like eavesdropping at a party for which you’ve had the fun of drawing up the guest list. Loneliness usually doesn’t set in until the work is finished, and all the partygoers and their imagined universe have disappeared (Writing Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes all the way through. The work process is totally different from writing nonfiction. You have to sit down every day and make it up (Writing Fiction Quotes) In science there is a dictum: don’t add an experiment to an experiment. Don’t make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the more fantastic the tale, the plainer the prose should be. Don’t ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story (Writing Fiction Quotes) I’ve devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don’t have to depend on writing fiction for my income (Writing Fiction Quotes) Whether it is done quickly or slowly, however splendid the results, the process of writing fiction is inherently, inevitably, indistinguishable from wasting time (Writing Fiction Quotes) See things as they are and write about them. Don’t waste your creative energy trying to make things up. Even if you are writing fiction, write the things you see and know (Writing Fiction Quotes)

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