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Writing Short Stories Quotes

I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, ‘Now I’m a writer.’ I’ve always been a writer Picture Quote #1

I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out Picture Quote #1

I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They’re very different, and I can’t do what they do, but reading them gives me hope that I’ll learn something from them Picture Quote #1

If you write a hundred short stories and they’re all bad, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You fail only if you stop writing Picture Quote #1

The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think it’s how you teach yourself to write Picture Quote #1

The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication Picture Quote #1

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I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories Picture Quote #1

I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2 Picture Quote #1

I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that Picture Quote #1

I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn’t know anything about it, I didn’t even know what it was talking about. What I really spent my time doing in those years was writing short stories. There were all sorts of interesting courses, but what I really wanted to do was make stories one way or another Picture Quote #1

There’s a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off Picture Quote #1

You can write when you’re dyslexic, you just can’t read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I found the short story format a real nice one. I love short stories and I love short documentaries or short films of any kind Picture Quote #1

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You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money’s in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed Picture Quote #1

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, subterranean. It took me 11 months to write Picture Quote #1

I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing Picture Quote #1

I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again Picture Quote #1

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I began writing early - very, very early... I was already writing short stories for the radio and selling poems to poetry and art festivals; I was involved in school plays; I wrote essays, so there was no definite moment when I said, ‘Now I’m a writer.’ I’ve always been a writer (Writing Short Stories Quotes) I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out (Writing Short Stories Quotes) I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They’re very different, and I can’t do what they do, but reading them gives me hope that I’ll learn something from them (Writing Short Stories Quotes) If you write a hundred short stories and they’re all bad, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed. You fail only if you stop writing. (Writing Short Stories Quotes) The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think it’s how you teach yourself to write. (Writing Short Stories Quotes) The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication (Writing Short Stories Quotes) I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories (Writing Short Stories Quotes) I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2 (Writing Short Stories Quotes) I'm not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent - you can't just do it like that (Writing Short Stories Quotes) I chose philosophy because it sounded like something I ought to be interested in. I didn’t know anything about it, I didn’t even know what it was talking about. What I really spent my time doing in those years was writing short stories. There were all sorts of interesting courses, but what I really wanted to do was make stories one way or another (Writing Short Stories Quotes) There’s a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off (Writing Short Stories Quotes) You can write when you’re dyslexic, you just can’t read it. But I started writing short stories as a child and I found the short story format a real nice one. I love short stories and I love short documentaries or short films of any kind (Writing Short Stories Quotes) You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money’s in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed (Writing Short Stories Quotes) I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, subterranean. It took me 11 months to write (Writing Short Stories Quotes) I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing (Writing Short Stories Quotes) I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again (Writing Short Stories Quotes)