” Even though writing articles relies completely on truth, you still must tell an interesting story. You can’t worry about people knowing who you are and whether or not they want to read your stories. “
” If you’re having trouble finishing a book, it might be that you’re trying to fix it as you go. Just finish the story, no matter how terrible you think that first draft is. Then let it cool off. In other words, don’t look at it for a while. Then you can rewrite it. “
” Sometimes I’ll get a premise, you know, for a book. In fact, I get those quite often. And I don’t commit to it until I really know the voice of that character. It’s almost as if the character is speaking to me. “
” I have to re-write a lot. I couldn’t tell you how many drafts I write, but I know I’ve done at least twenty rewrites on each book. “
” If you haven’t taken a writing class, take a writing class. I took every class that was available in my area. I went to conferences inside and outside my area to network with people. That’s how I got my agent. I found my agent through another agent who was at a conference. “
” Write every day. Make writing a part of your life, but also don’t be afraid of learning from others because I think you can. I still try to think of myself as a beginner because that way I can keep on learning. “
” When I was young, I was very shy and quiet, because we moved all the time. My dad was in the Navy, so we moved every two years. “
” I like the fact that I’m from the South and that I have this rich history behind me. I come from a family of storytellers. They can’t just tell you how someone went to the store. They have to tell you who they saw, what they were wearing, what they said, what they had in their grocery cart. “
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