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novlr · 7 months

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“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” — Terry Pratchett

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thepedanticbohemian · 8 months

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I don't care what you write from screenplays to fan fiction, Neil Gaiman is a master you should absorb like a sponge.

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amidstthemists · 1 year

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Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again

-C. S. Lewis

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theeccentricraven · 30 days

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Never worry about how many times you need to rewrite before your writing is good. While it's best to avoid getting carried away with perfecting your work, it's just a reality that it takes lots of rewriting to get good. Not necessarily perfect, but good.

As Ernest Hemingway famously said, "I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied."

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cheshirelibrary · 2 years

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Newbery Honor winner Gennifer Choldenko.

#cheshire library #author quote #quotes about libraries #quotes about books #the importance of libraries

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little-tiffany · 2 months

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I've always thought that a good book should be either the entry point inward, to learn about yourself, or a door outward, to open you up to new words.

-Taylor Jenkins Reid

#quotes #quote #therapy #books #book #reading #read #taylor jenkins reid #taylorjenkinsreid #author #authors #author quote #authorquote #book quotes #book quote #bookquotes #bookquote #personal growth #personalgrowth

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autumnrose11 · 1 year

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“I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand a word you say, but I shall still be your affectionate Godfather, C. S. Lewis.”

#Oh I adore this quote #Chronicles of Narnia #CS Lewis #books #author quote

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a-man-and-his-muse · 2 years

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“I think most things are pretty magical, and that it’s less a matter of belief than it is one of just stopping to notice.”

- Neil Gaiman

#quote #quotation #author quote #neil gaiman #magic #belief

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prettywrittenthings · 2 years

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Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

Maya Angelou