You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you will be bored with the characters–and the only way to overcome these obstacles is to write your way through them. And writing always works.
Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. Wh… - John Dufresne
Reading honest literature makes you love the world. Knowledge and understanding are love. Reading educates our feelings and enhances our sympathy. Wh…
- John Dufresne
Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we do learn from each other, and we remind ourselves how important this work we're doi… - John Dufresne
Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we do learn from each other, and we remind ourselves how important this work we're doi…
I used to believe that love and happiness were synonymous. I was a fool. Love intensifies all emotions. Nothing is so painful o so sweet, so thrillin… - John Dufresne
I used to believe that love and happiness were synonymous. I was a fool. Love intensifies all emotions. Nothing is so painful o so sweet, so thrillin…
A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety. - John Dufresne
A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety.
The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written. - John Dufresne
The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.
Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done. - John Dufresne
Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done.
You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you will be bored with the characters–and the only way to overcome these obsta… - John Dufresne
You will feel discouraged; you will lose confidence in your abilities; you will be bored with the characters–and the only way to overcome these obsta…
Love is always a surprise and you never get it right. - John Dufresne
Love is always a surprise and you never get it right.
Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It’s unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure … - John Dufresne
Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It’s unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure …
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