You don't choose your themes; they choose you. The meaning of your stories will rise out of your deepest longings, often out of longings so deep that you haven't admitted them even to yourself. Your convictions, your confusions, your most passionate dreams will be there whenever you begin a story, so you might as well learn to tap into them.
You don't choose your themes; they choose you. The meaning of your stories will rise out of your deepest longings, often out of longings so deep that… - Marion Dane Bauer
You don't choose your themes; they choose you. The meaning of your stories will rise out of your deepest longings, often out of longings so deep that…
- Marion Dane Bauer
Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools. - Marion Dane Bauer
Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools.
It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise. - Marion Dane Bauer
It is curious how believable I can be when I criticize myself, how unconvincing when I give myself praise.
I used to tiptoe up to my bedroom door and leap into my room in an attempt to surprise my dolls in the midst of some kind of action. Unfortunately, t… - Marion Dane Bauer
I used to tiptoe up to my bedroom door and leap into my room in an attempt to surprise my dolls in the midst of some kind of action. Unfortunately, t…
when you are dealing with art, any kind of art, your pleasure in making it is what matters most. - Marion Dane Bauer
when you are dealing with art, any kind of art, your pleasure in making it is what matters most.
another word for talent is obsession. - Marion Dane Bauer
another word for talent is obsession.
Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind. Rather think of it as an opportunity to i… - Marion Dane Bauer
Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind. Rather think of it as an opportunity to i…
Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enric… - Marion Dane Bauer
Description needs to slide into a story like a snake through grass - silently, almost invisibly, without calling attention to itself. It should enric…
my experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I find there. - Marion Dane Bauer
my experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I find there.
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