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Anne Mccaffrey Inspirational Quotes (44)

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How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?
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That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there.
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Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first!
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I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom
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A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
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I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept
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I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway
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How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can
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I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well
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James Blish told me I had the worst case of said bookism (that is, using every word except said to indicate dialogue). He told me to limit the verbs to said, replied, asked, and answered and only when absolutely necessary.
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Living is struggling to do something impossible To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
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I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.
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I would recommend the short story form, which is a lot harder to write since you have to be so careful with words, until there is plenty of time to doodle through a novel
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But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end
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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes
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The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.
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The thing is, emotion - if it's visibly felt by the writer - will go through all the processes it takes to publish a story and still hit the reader right in the gut. But you have to really mean it.
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