"Read like mad. But try to do it analytically - which can be hard, because the better and more compelling a novel is, the less conscious you will be of its devices. It's worth trying to figure those devices out, however: they might come in useful in your own work."

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Source : "Sarah Waters's rules for writers". www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2010.

Sarah Waters

#Writing Quotes #Mad Quotes #Trying Quotes

“We like the wrong sorts of girls, they wrote. They are usually the ones worth writing about.”
“The road to the promised land runs past Sinai. The moral law may exist to be transcended: but there is no transcending it for those who have not first admitted its claims up on them, and then tried with all their strength to meet that claim, and fairly and squarely faced the fact of their failure.”
“Do not expect Plato's ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no small achievement.”
“It is important to practice so your movement is the minimum necessary to complete its task.”
“My office is at Yankee stadium. Yes, dreams do come true.”
“Wolves and those who see them are shot on sight.”
“Iâ€™m stopped by the sight of Finnick kissing Peeta.”
“Organic'... means that the work is an extension of your blood and body: it has the rhythm of nature. There exists a state of feeling that when you reach it, when you hit it, you can't go wrong. The work carries a body rhythm. You can't do the slick... the gimmicky or dishonest.”

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