Writing #Tips from #Fiction Author's:

"Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you."

— Zadie Smith

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Author's:

"Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. If you are writing a plot-driven genre novel make sure all your major themes/plot elements are introduced in the first third, which you can call the introduction. Develop your themes and characters in your second third, the development. Resolve your themes, mysteries and so on in the final third, the resolution."

— Michael Moorcock

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Authors:

"In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it." — Rose Tremain

"Always carry a note-book. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever." — Will Self

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Author:

"It's doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction."

— Jonathan Franzen

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Authors:

"Work on a computer that is disconnected from the internet." — Zadie Smith

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Writing #Tips from #Fiction Authors:

"Interesting verbs are seldom very interesting."
— Jonathan Franzen

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Writing #tips from #fiction Authors:

"Read it aloud to yourself because that's the only way to be sure the rhythms of the sentences are OK (prose rhythms are too complex and subtle to be thought out—they can be got right only by ear)."

— Diana Athill

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Writing #tips from #fiction Author

"Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."
– Anton Chekhov

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Writing #tips from #fiction author

"Listen to the criticisms and preferences of your trusted 'first readers.'"
— Rose Tremain

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Writing #tips from #fiction Authors

"Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money."
— Jonathan Franzen

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Writing #tips from #fiction Authors

"Don't panic. Midway through writing a novel, I have regularly experienced moments of bowel-curdling terror, as I contemplate the drivel on the screen before me and see beyond it, in quick succession, the derisive reviews, the friends' embarrassment, the failing career, the dwindling income, the repossessed house, the divorce . . . Working doggedly on through crises like these, however, has always got me there in the end. Leaving the desk for a while can help. Talking the problem through can help me recall what I was trying to achieve before I got stuck. Going for a long walk almost always gets me thinking about my manuscript in a slightly new way. And if all else fails, there's prayer. St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers, has often helped me out in a crisis. If you want to spread your net more widely, you could try appealing to Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, too."
— Sarah Waters

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"A Change of Heart"
Describe a bitter, solitary individual experiencing an unexpected act of kindness. How does this change their perspective on life?

Example:

The moonlight seeped into his musty attic room, amplifying his loneliness. His heart, a stone locket filled with past resentments, was hardened further in the cold December night. At dawn, when the neighborhood kids snuck in to leave a Christmas present by his door, he discovered a warmth spreading through his chest he had long forgotten - the heart melting warmth of love and gratitude.

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