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On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing QUOTES

On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing QUOTES

1 " Writing a story is like going on a date—you will spoil it if you aren't living in the moment. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

2 " Don’t break the rules when you haven’t fully figured them out yet. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

3 " Dreams are good at playing with your memory. They love leaving no trace behind and hate to show up once again in the morning. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

4 " Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

5 " Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

6 " If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

7 " Don’t interrupt when your characters take a flight of their own. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

8 " If certain aspect needs to be inconsistent, it must better be consistently inconsistent throughout the story. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

9 " A writer gets to live yet another life every time he or she creates a new story. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

10 " Clichés are the viruses that infect your writing with diseases. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

11 " Be a good reader first if you wish to become a good writer. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

12 " Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Or else they are likely going to move on to another book. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

13 " Tell a story in fewer and simpler words. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

14 " Good writing ideas don’t have to be about political turmoil, mass killings, capitalism, racism, injustice, and so on. Find that one idea that has deep roots in your heart. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

15 " A writer can do without food for a few hours but not without the sight of books. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

16 " If you think there is no time to write now, there will never be. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

17 " As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a smaller number of words. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

18 " For example, instead of saying that it was a rainy night, you can say, “At night she could see from her window that the postcard-perfect sky from an hour ago had turned to a dark abyss filled with tar-black clouds that had just begun to weep heavily, as though completely devoid of any hope in the humankind beneath. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

19 " Your passion as an artist is a magnet that draws you at all times, but if you don’t follow, it will suffocate your heart. "

― Pawan Mishra , On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing