Quote

It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.

Nell Freudenberger

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Nell Freudenberger
Age: 49
Born: 1975
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
New York City
New York
Character
Persons
Person
Different
Significant
Writing
Begin
Way
Usually
Easier
Voice

More quotes by Nell Freudenberger

Image
Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.
Nell Freudenberger
Image
I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't do what they do, but reading them gives me hope that I'll learn something from them.
Nell Freudenberger
Image
In America you make your plans and then they happen.
Nell Freudenberger
Image
Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different.
Nell Freudenberger