Books. People have no idea how beautiful books are. How they taste on your fingers. How bright everything is when you light it with words.
– Rachel Kadish (via amandaonwriting) Via Amanda Patterson
that annoying thing when you ask for critiques on a new story and your friends/family are too nice to tell you what they really think.
Via Hello, characters- this is your god speaking
I love the sound of words, the feel of them, the flow of them. I love the challenge of finding just that perfect combination of words to describe a curl of the lip, a tilt of the chin, a change in the atmosphere. Done well, novel-writing can combine lyricism with practicality in a way that makes one think of grand tapestries, both functional and beautiful.
– Lauren Willig (via amandaonwriting) Via Amanda Patterson
Ten Authors Who Write Great Dialogue
Via Amanda Patterson
1. Douglas Adams
2. Judy Blume
3. Jeffrey Eugenides
4. Barbara Kingsolver
5. Elmore Leonard
6. Sinclair Lewis
7. Toni Morrison
8. Jean Rhys
9. John Steinbeck
10. David Foster Wallace
