"I discovered John Truby ten years ago when a friend told me about his screenwriting course. I studied Truby's principles for a year and -- using them -- I wrote the first draft of The Thieves of Ostia in two weeks. I go back to his teachings before each new book I write. Each time I study Truby, I learn something new."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Caroline Lawrence

#Book Quotes #Teaching Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I do so many roles, I can't be typecast.”
“Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old.”
“Designing your product for monetization first, and people second will probably leave you with neither.”
“Empathy before education.”
“With Amaryllis in Blueberry, Christina Meldrum has woven a beautifully layered, intensely emotional story, with unforgettable characters whose voices will remain with you long after their secrets have been revealed.”
“I wasn't really happy in school and didn't really have anything else going for me; I wasn't really good at anything. Drama was at least something I loved and was really passionate about.”
“Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output. Since most of our exogenous tax changes are in fact reductions, the more intuitive way to express this result is that tax cuts have very large and persistent positive output effects”
“Passion is power, And, kindly tempered, saves. All things declare Struggle hath deeper peace than sleep can bring.”

Source : William Vaughn Moody, John Mattews Manly (1912). “The Poems and Plays of William Vaughn Moody: With an Introduction by John M. Manly ...”

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