Famous Writing Quote of the Day

 

“Create your characters with such a spark of  individuality that, on a second reading, the reader feels that your characters could act differently this time and produce a different outcome.”

Vince Mooney

Famous Writing Quote of the Day

At some point you have to realize that hitting yourself in the head with a hammer is not working.

“Too many writers don’t understand that when people say, ‘don’t give up’, ‘never quit’, and ‘finish’, this doesn’t mean to keep doing the same thing!” 

 

 Vince Mooney

Famous Writing Quote of the Day

“The problem with problems is that the problems we most need to solve are the ones we don’t know we have.”

 

Vince Mooney

Famous Writing Quote of the Day

“The hardest part of writing is not putting words on paper. It’s putting yourself on paper.” Vince Mooney

 

 

Famous Writing Quote of the Day

 

“The goal of realism is to make the craft disappear.  The goal of deep pov is to make the narrator disappear.  Both these goals miss the point. The goal of writing should be to produce the best reading experience while not making your readers disappear in the process.“

Vince Mooney

What is the one case where ‘thinking makes it so’ does make it so?

 

When you're thinking that you’re thinking.

 

 

They Don’t Even Know There Are Roses To Stop And Smell!

 

“Much of contemporary commercial writing today has become like one of those quickie European Bus Tours: “See 28 Countries in 5 Days!”  

 

First you start the story on Chapter 3, then each paragraph begins with a hook and ends with a cliffhanger. Backstory and setting are sparing doled out on a ‘need to know' basis. only.  Every scene must move the story along so the reader can get the story over with as quickly as possible.

 

I can just hear the tour director: “That was France. The next stop is even better. Hurry back on the bus so we can get there as soon as possible.”

 

Vince Mooney