“I don’t care how well defined your characters are or how
conflict-ridden your plot is, if I don’t care what happens to your characters, I
won’t finish reading your book.”
Vince Mooney
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Famous Writing Quote of the Day
“Writers strive to avoid clichés and yet they live their
lives by them.”
Vince Mooney
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Famous Writing Quote of the Day
“Letting your characters name themselves is like a surgeon
letting his patients perform their own operations -- because they think they can
do it better.”
Vince Mooney
Monday, June 11, 2012
Famous Writing Quote of the Day
“Showing sells
books to editors. Telling sells books
to readers. Self-publishers take heed.”
Vince Mooney
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Famous Writing Quote of the Day
“There’s good backstory and bad backstory. Unfortunately too
many writers treat all backstory like Santa Claus: they just don’t believe in
it.” Vince Mooney
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Friday, June 8, 2012
Famous Writing Quote of the Day
“Some writers dribble out backstory tidbits as if they were treats given to keep a dog’s attention during a training session. This works fine for writers as long as they don’t mind treating their readers like dogs.”
Vince Mooney
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