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I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!
Anne McCaffrey
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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
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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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What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
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Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there.
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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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I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom
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I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens
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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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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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Make no judgments where you have no compassion.
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I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime
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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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How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can
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Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims
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I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start
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