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81 " There is a light at the end of the tunnel. A finished manuscript is AWESOME! So go, go, go! *waves pompoms* "
― Darynda Jones
82 " Don't let writers block push you around. Figure out what the problem is,whether it's with the ms or it's in your personal life, and face it head on. Don't stop writing. Just try really hard to work through it. "
83 " We don’t read to observe the character from a distance. We read to become the character and experience the conflicts and rewards they are experiencing. "
84 " While the goal of a book is to create a positive emotional experience for the reader, the goal of the opening is to set the stage, to pull the reader in. "
85 " Step back and scrutinize your work, to delve deep into the meaning behind the words, it will get both easier in some ways and harder in others. Either way, you need to practice everyday. You will probably get faster with time, because you learn to do this instinctively, and the writing may flow better on some days more than others, but it doesn’t get easier. And if you aren’t writing everyday, you are doing yourself and your craft a disservice. Writing is a habit. Get into the habit. "
86 " If you can master the opening, you will be leaps and bounds ahead of the competition. "
87 " The key to high concept is that fresh twist. Make it a big one. Wow your reader. Force her to gasp when she comes to that part in your story. "
88 " Thrilled that Reyes and I were outside, and taking that as her cue to get her freak on, Artemis ran around like a gerbil on meth, turning occasionally to make sure we were still watching. And God help us if we weren't. "
― Darynda Jones , Eighth Grave After Dark (Charley Davidson, #8)
89 " He was leaving my stepmother for a sailboat. Not that I blamed him. A sailboat would at least be useful. "
― Darynda Jones , Sixth Grave on the Edge (Charley Davidson, #6)
90 " Can I brush your hair?” she asked as she led the way, her disposition doing a 180 on a dime. Kids. Can’t live with ’em. Can’t eat ’em for lunch. "
― Darynda Jones , Fifth Grave Past the Light (Charley Davidson, #5)
91 " I could’ve knocked the shit out of her .She’d have good reason to roll her eyes then. But knocking the shit out of rude people wasn’t my style. Heckling them every chance I got was. Hopefully she’d screw up soon. I didn’t have all day. "
― Darynda Jones , Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet (Charley Davidson, #4)
92 " I also become the local computer nerd. The administration brings me in to fix all the computers, I create viruses to invade at a specific day and time. They call me in, and I eradicate my own virus, only to plant another one to go into effect a couple months later. They ask me why I can't just fix the computers once and for all. I tell them to quit going to porn sites and it will stay fixed. That shuts them up every time. "
― Darynda Jones , Brighter Than the Sun (Charley Davidson, #8.5)
93 " Doing nothing is hard. You never know when you’re done. —T-SHIRT "
94 " Bye-bye. Nice knowing you. But if you are waiting for that perfect idea to strike like lightning during a dust storm (I live in New Mexico), you could be waiting a long time. Ideas are everywhere. EVERYWHERE. I can’t walk to the bathroom without being hit with another idea. It’s what you DO with that idea that matters. Here is your mantra: BICHOK, BICHOK, BICHOKTranslation: Butt in chair, hands on keys. Just write. Every stinking day. "
95 " No writing is effortless. I’m not saying you can’t have a good day where the words just kind of flow, but even those words have to be edited. Probably more than once. And I’m not saying a character hasn’t somehow gone in a different direction that I wanted her to go, but that was me, not her. I let her get away from me. I let her roam free and nine times out of ten, the result is not good. I have to go back and start over because she veered off the path of my book. She changed the vision. And I did that. Not her. "
96 " Las mujeres que se portan bien no suelen hacer historia. "
― Darynda Jones , First Grave on the Right (Charley Davidson, #1)
97 " You should go order a sweet roll. Those are to die for. And a carne adovada burrito."His mouth thinned. "Should I order something else to drink?""Yes! A diet whatever. No! A mocha latte. No!" I held up my hand to put him in pause so I could think. "Yes, a mocha latte.""Are you finished?" he asked, rising to go place his order. He was really hungry."Yes. No! Yes. I'm good with that. I have a busy afternoon ahead of me, and I need all the energy I can get. And I need you to be my wingman.""This should be interesting," he said, sauntering off like he owned the place.By the time he got back, his fries had disappeared. It was weird. "
98 " I intend to live forever. So far, so good. - T-SHIRT "
99 " I can hear other things, too. Before you came around, I had no idea a man could make a girl scream like that. Reyes seems very talented. "
100 " That took balls.""Please," I said with a snort, "that took ovaries. Of which I have two. "